Important Dates
What year did the first Continental Congress form?
1774
What year was the Treaty of Paris signed?
1763
Who was the first black female writer in America?
Phylis Wheatley
This Prime Minister passed the intolerable acts
Lord Frederick North
What is the significance of the Battle of Lexington & Concord?
Start of the War for Independence
The second Continental Congress was formed when?
1775
The full date of the declaration signing
July 4th, 1776
Lead a Stamp Act protest in the Massachusetts Bay colony?
John Adams
Who agreed to surrender West Point to the British in exchange for a large sum of money?
Benedict Arnold
What advantage(s) did the Patriots have in pursuing war with Great Britain?
Experienced military leaders, popular support, foreign aid, etc.
What year did the battle of Yorktown take place?
1781
Full date for the start of the war for independence
April 19th, 1775
Who was appointed Superintendent of Finance in 1781, obtaining a much-needed loan from France?
Robert Morris
Sinners in the hands of an angry God were preached by whom?
Jonathan Edwards
How did the Great Awakening convince Americans of the need for political freedom?
Realized political freedom was necessary to have true religious freedom
What year did the Boston Tea Party take place?
1773
What denomination was founded by John and Charles Wesley?
Methodist
Best-known missionary to the Native Americans
David Brainerd
Who had illegally enforced parliamentary laws in the colonies?
King George III
What were the results of the halfway covenant?
Increased membership but corrupted churches and people
What year was the Stamp Act Congress created?
1765
The most powerful voice of the great awakening
George Whitefield
Irish statesman who defended the American colonies
Edmund Burke
What Ottawa chief led up an uprising during the French and Indian War?
Pontiac
Why was the concept of virtual representation unacceptable to the colonists?
They believe they could not consent to laws if they had no choice in who represented them.