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Why did African-Americans fight in the war?
To gain their freedom from slavery or to petition the end of slavery, whether that be on the side of the British or Americans.
300-400 people in Boston began to heckle British soldiers in front of a customs house. They started throwing rocks and ice and oyster shells at the officers and someone shoots into the crowd.
What was significant about the capture of Fort Ticonderoga?
The fort had many guns, weapons, and war supplies. These supplies were used for the siege of Boston for the first large British defeat.
Explain the Stamp Act
Stamp Act was a tax on the colonies where every paper document had to have a royal stamp on it If something did not, then it was not legitimate.
Explain the Sugar Act
The sugar act was a tax on the colonies on molasses and sugar. This was a particular issue because whiskey and rum were major exports in the colonies, and they could not make it without sugar and molasses.
Explain the battle of Yorktown.
Cornwallis did not listen to Henry Clinton, and took his troops to Yorktown on a peninsula. This backed the British into a corner, allowing the Americans and French to siege the British and eventually have 8000 British troops surrender. A crushing defeat.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Explain the events of the Boston Tea Party.
A group of patriots disguised as Indians jumped on a British tea ship in the Boston Harbor, and dumped over a million dollars worth of tea over board to protest the taxes on tea.
Who wrote the Olive Branch Petition?
John Dickinson
What was the importance of the Ohio River Valley in the French and Indian war?
This is where the combination of two rives meet to make the Ohio River. The Ohio River leads directly to the Mississippi.
What territory did the French lose in the French and Indian War?
They lost all territory in North America except for the island of Hati.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
A petition written by John Dickinson and the rebels to ask King George to remove the Mercantilist policies and they will stop fighting.
Many issues were mentioned in the Declaration of Independence. Name 3.
-gotten rid of governments that do not agree with him
-increased taxes
-prevented immigration and land growth
-sent troops to colonies during peacetime
-made citizens house those soliders
Explain the events of Lexington and Concord.
British had heard of military supplies being held in Concord, about 20 miles from Boston. The British march there and get stopped in Lexington where the first shots of the war are. No one knowns who fired first. They eventually get to Concord, do not find any supplies, and are forced to retreat.
What role did women play in the revolution?
Most women picked up more responsibility at home while the men were fighting in the war like farming and harvesting. Others made it on the war front as nurses.
What advantages did the British have?
Money
Supplies
Soldiers
weapons
better trained
Most influential battles of the war?
Saratoga
Ticonderoga
Yorktown
Boston
Lexington & Concord
Summarize the Albany plan of union.
It was an attempt by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonies under one government in 1754.
What were British and American opinions on the proclamation of 1763?
British - Believed they were protecting settlers from native American attacks west of the Appalachian Mountains.
American - Believed that they fought for the territory out west so they thought it was their right to settle there.
What advantages did the Americans have?
French and Spanish Aid
Knew the land
Defending not attacking
Great leadership
Describe Mercantilism and how it affected the American colonies.
Mercantilism is the practice of the colonies only trading and selling with their home country. This limits the trade and economic growth they can have.
Why did France and Spain support the colonies during the war?
They did not like Britain, and they hoped to regain territory they lost after the French and Indian war.
Why did the writers include their grievances in the Declaration of Independence?
The colonists want to justify their position and explain why they are fighting for independence.
Explain how peaceful protests of taxes lead to war and fighting.
The repeated act of the mother country ignoring and increases the issues that are being protested.
Why did the American Indians side with the French during the French and Indian War?
The French people in North America did not build large scale farms and destroy forests like the British settlers did. They respected the nature and land more than the British.