War within a War
What was the important result of the Battle of Bunker Hill lin 1775?
What is: The British won the battle but suffered heavy casualties?
What was a major cause of the French and Indian War (1754-1763)?
What is: A disagreement over control of land in North America?
Who was Cripus Attucks?
Who is: A patriot killed duriing the Boston Massacre?
Who was the author of Common Sense?
Who is: Thomas Paine?
What was the Boston Massacre?
What is: It was a conflict in which colonists began throwing things at British soldiers guarding the custom house in Boston, and the soldiers responded with gunfire, killing five colonists.
Why was the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 important to Patriots?
What was one result of the French and Indian War?
What is: Britain gained territory but accumulated war debt?
Who is Phyllis Wheatly?
Who is: An enslaved African American poet whose work gained recognition?
Where did the Shot Heard Around the World Take Plaace?
What is Lexington Massachuttes?
What event happened first, the Boston Massacre or the Boston Tea party?
What is the Boston Massacre took place in 1770, before the BOston tea Party. The oston Tea Party took place in 1773.
Where did the Revoltuionary War end?
What is: Yorktown, VA?
What were write of assistance?
What is General search warrants British officials used to look for smuggled goods?
Why did Geoerge Washington lead the Continental Army across the Delaware River Decemebr 1776?
To Launch a surprise attack against Trenton.
What is the Intolerable Acts?
What is:Laws passed by the British Parliment in 1774. The Crown enacted these laws to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party and to reassert British authority over the American colonies.
Where and what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
What is: The U.S. Declaration of Independence was formally signed on August 2, 1776, at the Pennsylvania State House (now known as Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Why was the American Victory At Saratoga in 1777 a turning point?
What is: It helped to convince France to support the cause.
Why did many colonists protest the Stamp Act of 1765?
What is: They were taxed without representation in Parliament?
Who was Lord Cornwallis?
Who is: A British general who surrendered at Yorktown?
Who was the king during the American Revolution?
Who is King George?
What is the names of the three well known colonies, and how many originial colonies were there in total?
What is: The New England Colonies, The Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. What is 13?
What was the importance of the Battle of Yorktown in 1782?
What is: British forces under Cornwallis surrendered, efectively ending major fighting?
What did the Treaty of Paris of 1783 accomplish?
What is: It formally recognized American independence and established boundaries for the new nation.
Who was appointed commander of the Continental Army in 1775?
Who is George Washington?
What goods did the Townsend Acts tax?
It taxed glass lead, paints, paper, tea, and other goods.
Who surrendered at Saratoga, New York and what did it bring to an end?
What is: John Burgoyne, this ends a British effort to separate New England from the other Colonies.