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What city was captured and held by British Redcoats at the beginning of the Revolutionary War?
Boston
What was the name of the Native American tribe that the pilgrims in Plymouth helped defeat a rival tribe?
Powhatan Nation
What is a "Molly Pitcher"?
A women who helped on the battlefield by bringing soldiers water and gunpowder
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
An imaginary line that colonists were not settle on land past
In what year did Christopher Columbus set sail to locate the Americas?
1492
Where did the FIRST Revolutionary War battle take place?
Lexington
Where did the FINALE Revolutionary War battle take place?
Yorktown
In what city did the first Continental Congress take place?
Philadelphia
At the Battle of Bunker Hill, the American militia eventually lost control of the hill they occupied. In spite of this, why is the Battle of Bunker Hill often considered an American triumph?
Americans caused heavy British loses, which made it clear to both sides that the Americans would be hard to defeat
In the city of Boston it was said that there were how many colonists per British Redcoat?
4/1
Where did the SECOND Revolutionary War battle take place?
Concord
What was the name of the event where a group of Redcoats fired on an unarmed group of protesters? (Paul Revere would later draw a picture depicting the event)
The Bloody Massacre
What Native American nation would go on to join both sides of the war, causing their group to have its own mini Civil War?
The Iroquois Nation
What were the Americans strongest advantage during the war?
They were fighting on their homeland, giving them the ability to know where the best place to attack was
About how many years did they Revolutionary War take place?
8 years
The Pilgrims and the Powhatan Indians came together to defeat a rival tribe. They would go on to celebrate with a feast that today we call?
Thanksgiving
What crop was America founded on?
Tobacco
Who was the president of the United States during the Revolutionary War?
There was not one
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What was the name of the event where colonists dumped millions of dollars worth of tea into Boston harbor, in protest of the British Tea Acts?
The Boston Tea Party
How did the pilgrims in Plymouth learn to grow crops in sandy soil?
They used fish as fertilizer
What was the name of the first "boomtown" in America?
Jamestown
Name two roles women played in the Revolutionary War.
Nurses, Cooks, Seamstresses, "Molly Pitchers"
Explain how the Revolutionary War affected free African Americans?
It had little effect on the conditions faced by either free or enslaved African Americans
Who was appointed general of the Continental Army?
George Washington