Origins and Terms
The policy that describes Britain’s policy of loosely enforcing laws in the colonies, allowing local autonomy.
Salutary Neglect
The “shot heard round the world” took place here.
North Bridge in Concord
These colonists remained loyal to Britain and the crown during the American Revolution.
Loyalist
Strategic Victory
Relating to actions or decisions that affect the larger war of help accomplish long-term military goals.
July 4th, 1776, is an important date because…
The Declaration of Independence is adopted.
Locally organized, part-time citizen soldiers who defended colonial communities.
Militia
This was the primary objective of the British expedition on April 19, 1775.
To seize and destroy colonial arms and military supplies.
This man delivered captured artillery to Boston during the Siege of Boston.
Henry Knox
Washington prioritized preserving the Continental Army over holding territory because of this.
As long as the Continental Army survived, the revolution survived.
September 3rd, 1783, is an important date because…
The Treaty of Paris is signed, and the war is officially over making America an independent nation.
The term that describes a victory that inflicts such heavy losses that it is nearly as damaging as a defeat.
Pyrrhic Victory
This is the name of the hill where the Battle of Bunker Hill took place.
Breed's Hill
These are the qualities Washington had for him to be selected as the commander-in-chief.
French and Indian War veteran, from Virginia, former commander of the Virginia regiment.
General Cornwallis withdrew to this place to recover after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
Wilmington, North Carolina
The Proclamation of 1763 restricted this.
Settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Hessian
German professional soldiers hired by Britain
Washington was able to force the British evacuation of Boston by doing this.
He placed captured artillery on Dorchester Heights and aimed them at British positions.
This royal governor offered freedom to enslaved and indentured servants who fought for the British.
Lord Dunmore
The number of troops surrendered at the Siege of Yorktown.
8,000
This was the core political philosophy of the Declaration of Independence regarding rights and government.
People had unalienable rights, and the government derives its power from the consent of the governed
Redoubt
A small enclosed defensive fort or strong point used to protect a larger position
The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the war because of this. (2-part answer)
It showed that the Americans can win a major battle. France joined the war as an American ally
Name the three American negotiators who signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, John Adams
The strategy Daniel Morgan used at the Battle of Cowpens.
Planned withdrawals to create a counterattack using a double envelopment.
Thomas Paine’s main arguments in Common Sense. (3-part answer).
Hereditary monarchy was irrational, reconciliation has failed, and independence was necessary.