Vocab
A colonist who chose to fight for independence?
What are Patriots
What was the name of the document that formally announced the colonies' break from Great Britain?
Bonus: Which colony didn't show up for the meeting to create this document? +100pts
What is the Declaration of Independence
Who was Georgia GA +100pts
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence and wanted the colonies united?
Who as Thomas Jefferson
How long would the Revolutionary war last?
Bonus: What was the war above also known as, what is it also called? +100pts
What is 7 years
The 7 years War = +100pt
Name the 5 countries who participated in the American revolution.
What is
America - USA
Great Britain - England
France
Spain &
Holland
What was the 47-page pamphlet that argued against British rule over America?
What is Common Sense
What was the name of the shootings by British soldiers that killed five colonists?
Bonus: What was the name of the street in MA where this occurred? +200
What is the Boston Massacre
What is King Street +200
Who was the Boston leader who believed Parliament couldn't tax colonists without their permission?
Bonus: What group did he lead? +100pts
Who was Samuel Adams?
What are the Sons of Liberty +100pts
The _______________ were passed as a way of punishing the colonists of MA for the event that took place in Boston 1773.
Bonus: What is the informal name of this act? +100pts
Bonus: Name one of the declares of this act +200pts
What is the Coercive Acts
The intolerable Acts +100pts
BPA, MGA, AJA, QA = +200pts
Name any TWO generals of the Continental Army.
Who are:
George Washington
Henry Knox
Nathanael Greene
Benedict Arnold
Horatio Gates
Richard Montgomery
Marquis de Lafayette
**Alexander Hamilton
**Comte de Rochambeau
What were foreign soldiers who fought not out of loyalty, but for pay called?
Bonus: Where were the ones who served in the British Army from? +200pts
What are Mercenaries
hat is Germany +200
What was the name of the victory for the American forces in which British general John Burgoyne surrendered his entire army to American general Horatio Gates?
Bonus: What battles were won before this one which aided in our 3 battle inning streak? +100pts
What is the Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Trenton + Battle of Princeton. +100pts
Who was the Frenchman who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army without pay + used his own money + influence to support the Patriots?
Bonus: Which Battle did he aide the Americans in defeating the British? Which colony did it take place in? +200pts
Who was Marquis de Lafayette
What was the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia +200pts
Put the following in chronological order:
Intolerable Acts
Boston Massacre
Townshend Acts
Boston Tea Party
Stamp Act
Bonus: What were the items taxed in the Townshend Acts? Which tax remained once they were removed? +300pts
What is
Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts
Glass, Paper, Tea, Lead, Paint +150pts
Tax remained on tea with Tea Act = +150pts
Name any general of the British Army.
Who are
Thomas Gage
William Howe
Charles Cornwallis
Benedict Arnold
John Burgoyne
Sir Henry Clinton
What were the laws used to punish colonists for the Boston tea Party called?
Bonus: Which act came (was passed) just before? +300
What are the Intolerable Acts
What are the Townshend Acts +300pts
What was the name of the peace agreement in which Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States?
Bonus: Which Treaty ended the French and Indian War? +100
What is The Treaty of Paris 1783
What is the Treaty of Paris 1763 +100
Who was the Prussian military office who with Washington's permission trained the Continental Army?
Who was Baron von Steuben
Why was the Battle of Saratoga so important?
Bonus: What battle did the Patriots win prior (before) to this battle? +100pts
What colony where both battles fought in? +100pts
What is it convinced France + Spain to join the war +supply the Americans
The Battle of Princeton +100pts
Battle of Saratoga, NY = +50pts
Battle of Princeton, NJ = +50pts
Name the two events which took place in Massachusetts which incited the war
What are
The Boston Massacre &
The Boston Tea Party
What is the method of communication between towns + colonies about how to challenge new British laws?
What were the Committees of Correspondence
What was the name of the meeting of delegates from the 12 colonies who met in Philadelphia in May 1775, where they tried again to keep peace but prepared more for war?
What is the 2nd Continental Congress
Who was the Enslaved African American who worked as a spy + provided information that gave the Continental Army an advantage at Yorktown?
Bonus: Who did he originally work for? +200pts
Who was James Armistead
Marquis de Lafayette +200pts
Following the American Revolution _________ recognized that the US was an independent country as part of the Treaty of Paris 1783. Aslo ________received Florida as a part of a different treaty.
What is Great Britain + Spain
Name the FIRST + LAST battles of the Revolutionary War
Bonus: How did Patriots in each battle? +300pts
What are
The Battles of Lexington + Concord; Killed redcoats whole retreat to Boston = +150pts
+ The Battle of Yorktown: surrounded redcoats with help of the French = +150pts