Lesson 1
Who was declared King of England during the American Revolution?
King George III
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Document that said the United States was an independent nation.
Why was the Battle of Trenton important to the Americans?
After the success of defeating the Hessian soldiers, these victories gave hope of boosting the morale of American fighters.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Battle that gave Americans victory in the war.
How did the colonists respond to the Stamp Act?
Colonists responded to this act by boycotting British products in protest.
What was the name of the pamphlet did Thomas Paine wrote?
Common Sense
"Rise in the price of goods" is called?
Inflation
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Treaty that officially ended the American Revolutionary War.
What is the Boston Massacre?
It was a conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which five colonists were killed.
Why did King George III rejected the Olive Branch Petition?
It was an illegal document created by an illegal congress, and then declared the colonies in rebellion.
What battle became the turning point of the American Revolution?
Battle of Saratoga
What do Friedrich von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette have in common?
They are both professional soldiers, trained an army to become an effective fighting force, and improved their reinforcements.
What is the Committees of Correspondence?
A network of communication set up in Massachusetts and Virginia to inform other colonies.
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Define profiteering
Selling goods that are difficult to come by for a profit.
"A belief in equality" is called?
Egalitarianism
What is the Intolerable Acts?
A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protest against the British.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
The meeting of colonial delegates that approved the Declaration of Independence.
What happened at Valley Forge?
Washington and his soldiers spent a miserable winter camping there, suffered from hunger and frostbite, inadequate clothing, and more than 2,000 soldiers died.
Who is Friedrich von Steuben?
A Prussian officer who helped train American soldiers into becoming an effective fighting force.