Battles
What was the only battle that George Washington ever surrendered?
Answer: Fort Necessity
What ended the French and Indian War?
Answer: The Treaty of Paris in 1763.
Who was Mercy Otis Warren?
Answer: A writer and political activist who supported the American Revolution.
Why did King George III impose taxes on the colonists?
Answer: To pay off debts from the French and Indian War.
What three groups of people were involved in the French and Indian War?
Answer:The British, the French, and the Natives
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
Answer: It prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Who was Crispus Attucks?
Answer: He was one of the first casualties of the Boston Massacre and is considered a martyr for freedom.
What was the Stamp Act?
Answer: A law that required colonists to pay a tax on paper goods.
What was the army called that the colonies created to prepare for war?
Answer: Continental Army
What did the Tea Act do?
Answer: It allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, undermining local merchants.
Who was Patrick Henry?
Answer: A leader who spoke out against British rule and famously said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
What is the definition of boycott? Provide an example of how the colonists chose to boycott.
Answer: A refusal to buy goods; colonists boycotted British tea.
Who led this army and what is his title?
Answer: George Washington; he was called the Commander in Chief.
In your own words, describe the events of the Boston Tea Party.
Answer: Colonists, disguised as Native Americans, dumped British tea into Boston Harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
Who was Samuel Adams?
Answer: A strong opponent of British taxation and a leader in the American Revolution.
What did the Coercive Acts do?
Answer: They punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party by closing Boston Harbor and limiting town meetings.
In your own words, describe the events of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Answer: It was a battle where the colonists fought bravely but had to retreat due to running out of ammunition.
What was the Olive Branch Petition? What does the olive branch symbolize?
Answer: It was a final attempt to avoid war with Britain; the olive branch symbolizes peace.
What group did colonists create to make news and communication go faster?
Answer: The Committees of Correspondence.
Why were the Coercive Acts also called the Intolerable Acts?
Answer: Because they were seen as too harsh and unfair by the colonists.