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100
King George III
Who was the king that "wanted to keep fighting" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 193), with America?
100
"The victory at Yorktown was the last major battle of the war" (Davidson and Stoff, 192).
What was the last major battle of the war?
100
Independence
Fill in the blank: "Britain recognized the_______of the United States" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 193), by the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
100
"On April 15, 1783, Congress approved the treaty" and "the war was officially over" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 193).
What happened on April 15, 1783?
100
"A traitor is a person who betrays his or her country or cause and helps the other side" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 192).
What does the word traitor mean?
200
"The American delegation included Benjamin Franklin and John Adams' (Davidson and Stoff, 193).
What people were a part of the group of representatives that persuaded Britain to sign the Treaty of Paris?
200
"France became the first nation to sign a treaty with the United States" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 183).
What nation allied with Americans, and was the first country to do so?
200
True
True or False: "The treaty allowed the United States to expand to the West" (American Revolution - Treaty of Paris).
200
"On October 19, 1781, the Americans and French lined up in two facing columns. The British marched glumly between the two facing columns and tossed their weapons into a large pile on the ground" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 192). This was the British side surrendering to America.
What happened on October 19, 1781?
200
"Guerrillas are fighters who work in small bands to make hit-and-run attacks" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 191).
What are 'guerrillas'?
300
Benedict Arnold
"The British had troops under under the command of an American traitor" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 192). Who was this American traitor?
300
"Peace talks began in Paris in 1782" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 193).
Where did initial talks of peace between America and Britain begin?
300
"The immediate effect of the American Revolution was to create a new nation of 13 independent states, linked by ties of custom and history' (Davidson and Stoff, pg 195).
What was the immediate effect of the end of the American Revolution?
300
When did Benedict Arnold escape to join the British side?Why?
"Arnold had fought bravely for the Patriots. But Arnold felt Congress undervalued him. He plotted to turn West Point, a key fort on the Hudson River in New York, over to the British. When the plot was discovered in September 1780, Arnold escaped" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 192).
300
"The Treaty of Paris consisted primarily of ten articles" (Pavao).
How many articles were in the Treaty of Paris?
400
Francis Marion
Who was the American military officer that became known as "the Swamp Fox" (Davidson and Stoff, 191)?
400
True
True or False: "Florida itself was returned to Spain" (Davidson and Stoff, 193).
400
Citizens of France were impacted by America, "leaders of the French Revolution...looked to the American example" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 195). Latin America was later affected as well.
What other countries were impacted by the American Revolution/Treaty of Paris?
400
In January 1781, an American General, Daniel Morgan, and his troops "won a clear victory at the Battle of Cowpens" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 192).
What happened in January 1781?
400
The four main factors were: "geographic advantages, help from abroad, patriotic spirit, and skilled leadership' (Davidson and Stoff, pg 194).
What were the four main factors that lead to American victory?
500
Lord Charles Cornwallis
Who was the "British commander...(that)carried the war into North Carolina" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 191)?
500
"The boundaries of the new nation were set at the Atlantic on the east, Canada on the North, the Mississippi River on the west, and Florida on the South" (Davidson and Stoff, 193).
What were the boundaries of America after the Treaty of Paris?
500
What resulted when "on April 15, 1783, Congress approved the treaty" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 193).
The American Revolutionary War that had lasted almost 8 years was finally over.
500
"Washington and his ranking officers were reunited for one last meal together" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 195).
What event occurred on December 4, 1783?
500
Anthony Storer
Who is known for saying, "What we are to do after Lord Cornwallis's catastrophe, God Knows, or how anybody can think there is the least glimmering of hope for this nation surpasses my comprehension" (Davidson and Stoff, pg 191), after the British defeat at Yorktown?
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