Who?
What were the Colonists who supported Great Britain in the American Revolution called?
Loyalists
Where was the "shot heard round the world?"
Battle of Lexington and Concord, p. 205
What was the name of the group of men who were chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence?
Committee of Five, p. 571
What is meant by the chapter title:
A Certain Patrick Henry
Ch. 20, p. 163
Lord Dunmore used this phrase in his royal proclamation to refer to Patrick Henry and the gunpowder incident in Williamsburg.
Which character said:
"Virginians must be at the head of this business, after all."
MizP, p. 561,
Virginians must be about the business of writing the Declaration- quill from Veritas
Who was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys?
Ethan Allen, p. 180
Name the building and city where the lantern signals were placed as an alert that the Regulars were coming.
Old North Church steeple, Boston, pgs. 61, 77
The Second Continental Congress sent this document to King George III as an attempt to prevent a full-scale war from breaking out. The King did not accept the document and labeled the colonists as rebels.
Olive Branch Petition, p. 351-352
What is meant by the chapter title Handling a Three-Headed Dog?
Ch. 24, p. 192.
Arrival of the HMS Cerberus, which brought John Burgoyne, Henry Clinton, and William Howe- Great Britain's three most powerful major generals
Who said: "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?"
p. 268
Bunker Hill, Col. William Prescott
This person went from being a volunteer soldier to a colonel without having served a day in the army. He became the head of artillery for the Continental Army. He became one of Washington's most trusted generals.
Henry Knox, p. 366
Where did the colonists stockpile weapons to keep them from the British?
What were the large wooden frames that held bundles of large sticks (fascines) called? Hint: They were used by the Patriots to build wooden forts outside of Boston to hide the cannons from Fort Ti.
Chandeliers, p. 508
What is meant by the chapter title:
Baking a Spy
Ch. 39, p. 338
Mary Wenwood and Godfrey Wenwood bakery; the British spy, Dr. Benjamin Church revealed
The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind...
Common Sense, Thomas Paine, p. 476
Who was the delegate from Delaware who voted for independence at the Second Continental Congress?
p. 594
Where did Old Put want to defiantly build reinforcements to fortify against the British during the siege of Boston?
Breed's Hill instead of Bunker Hill, p. 239
What was the name of the document that offered freedom to indentured servants and slaves belonging only to rebels if they fought for the British?
Dunmore's Proclamation (Nov. 7), p. 362
What is meant by the chapter title:
First in the History of the World
Ch. 66, p. 578 Fifth Virginia Convention
Patrick Henry was the first elected governor of a free republic under a written constitution in the history of the world (p.584)
Who wrote the following in a letter:
Dearest Friend,
....I have just heard that our dear friend Dr. Warren is no more but fell gloriously fighting for his Country...
Abigail Adams to John Adams concerning the Battle of Bunker Hill
(Homework Week 6)
Who was the French Minister of Foreign Affairs?
Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes
Ch. 1
Where did the Second Continental Congress meet to vote on the Declaration of Independence?
State House, Philadalphia, p.592
Now called Independence Hall
What is the name of the new flag that the Patriots hoisted at Prospect Hill in July, 1775?
Hint: Nigel stated that "this standard is up to the Maker's standards."
Tree on front/ Qui transtulit sustinet
He who transplanted us sustains us.
(p. 295)
What is meant by the chapter title:
The General's Rusty Sword
Ch. 53, p. 457
Siege of Boston; play written by Burgoyne; mocking Patriots with a character of George Washington in the play; carried a large rusty sword
Who said:
"The rebels have done more in one night than my whole army would have done in six months."
General Howe, p. 514
Fortifications built on Dorchester Heights