Places of Importance
George Washington captured what town on Christmas night in 1776?
Trenton
Why did Charles Townshend expect his program to be more acceptable to the colonists than George Grenville’s program?
He believed they only opposed taxes within American colonies and that they would not object to taxes on imports.
What was the name of William Blackstone’s four-volume work?
Who was known as the fighting Quaker?
Nathaniel Greene
Under George Washington, what Ford repelled British attacks?
Fort Duquesne
The British secured control of the Saint Lawrence River during the French and Indian War with a victory at the battle of?
Quebec
What was the difference between the dominion of New England and the Albany plan?
Dominion of New England was forced
Patriot spy disguised as a school teacher?
Nathan Hale
What British commander-in-chief would replace William Howe?
Henry Clinton
Who founded the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
What nation received the colony of Florida in the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
Spain
Why was the containment of the British in New York significant?
It forced the the British to give up their strategy of dividing the colonies.
What foreign country aided the patriots during the war?
France
Who was given the name Swamp Fox?
Francis Marion
Who was the patriot commander at the Battle of Saratoga?
Horatio Gates
Washington's army spent a significant amount of their winter camped where?
Valley Forge
What was the Stamp Act?
All publications and legal documents to be taxed by purchasing stamps from the government
Which act was considered to be one of the intolerable acts, although it was not one of the coercive acts?
Quebec Act
A Jewish financier for the patriot cause?
Haym Salomon
What battle is remembered as the turning point in the war for independence?
Battle of Saratoga
How did the mercantile theory influence Great Britain’s colonial policy?
Great Britain only used the colonies for the benefit of the mother country
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 caused what country to lose most of its American territory?
France
French general at the battle of Yorktown?
Comte de Rochambeau