POLITICS
Who should get credit for the elaboration of the idea that governments were formed to protect the rights of life, liberty, and property?
John Locke
What was the name of the brilliant English general who captured the fortress at Louisbourg during the French Indian War, and a few months later, organized the siege of Quebec?
James Wolfe
The Americans that confused and exasperated Cornwallis by dividing their forces into small, fast-moving contingents and refraining from a showdown in open battle were known as
Patriot Riflemen
Which Act of Parliamnet gave the East India Company the right to export its merchandise directly to the colonies?
The Tea Act of 1773
What was the name of the famous French military commander that asssited George Washington in winning the Revolutionary War?
Marquis de Lafayette
The colonists that disapproved of the war from the beginning and had been willing to support it only so long as its aims did not conflict with their basic loyalty to the king were known as?
Loyalists (Tories)
What was the name of the American victory that triggered a process of support from abroad—indirectly from several European nations and directly from France?
Saratoga
The best example of colonial resistance was when a band of Patriots crushed an uprising of Loyalists on February 27, 1776, and in the process discouraged a British plan to invade the southern states. Where did this event take place?
Moore’s Creek Bridge, North Carolina
The decision to send colonials, accused of disrupting British affairs in the colonies, back to England for trial instead of having them stand trial in America was the result of what famous affair?
The Gaspée Affair
What was the name of the British general who found himself besieged in the city of Boston?
General Thomas Gage
What name is given to the chief coordinating agency of the war effort?
The Continental Congress
Who did the British encourage an alliance with which, in turn, angered Southern land holders?
Slaves
Where did George Washington spent the winter with his troops demonstratig his leadership skills by convincing them not to abandon the revolutionary cause?
Valley Forge
What was the name of the British Prime Minister who held the opinion that the colonists should be compelled to obey the laws and to pay a part of the cost of defending and administering the empire?
George Grenville
What was the name of the colonial general that planned to surrender a famous military fort to the British?
Benedict Arnold
The members of what organization--at times--formed disciplined bands of vigilantes who made certain that all colonists respected the boycotts and other forms of popular resistance?
The Sons of Liberty
What was the name given to the proposed colonial-network, based in Boston, that aimed to publicize the grievances against England throughout the colonies?
“Committee of Correspondence”
What was the name of the battle that saw the surrender of General Cornwallis to George Washington and a French fleet?
Yorktown
What was the name of the two American towns outside of Boston where British troops faced colonial "minutemen"?
Lexington, and Concord
What was the name of the British General that during the summer of 1776 landed in New York with the most formidable military force Great Britain had ever sent abroad?
William Howe
Which Act of Parliament required the colonists to provide quarters and supplies for the British troops in America?
The Mutiny (Quartering Act)
Those that wanted England to return Canada to France in exchange for Guadeloupe, the most commercially valuable “sugar islands” in the West Indies were known as?
Mercantilists
What was the name given to the British mercenaries that surrendered to George Washington after re-crossing the Delaware River and launching a surprise attack on them?
Hessians
What was the name of the most celebrated Native American that resisted the white settlements in the upper Ohio Valley?
Chief Pontiac
Who was the man that defeated the Iroquois tribes that had previously supported the British cause during the Revolutionary War?
General John Sullivan