Revolution Begins
1. Ban all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed.
2. Called for each colony to start training militias (volunteers).
3. Sent Declaration of Rights to King George III, stating rights to life, liberty & property
What are the actions taken by the First Continental Congress in response to Intolerable Acts?
The date the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is July 4, 1776?
Difficulties America faced when trying to build the Continental Army.
What are:
1. Lack of public support - 40% patriots, 20% loyalists and 40% neutral.
2. Untrained and undisciplined.
3. Short enlistment (1 year) = small army
4. Lack of supplies
A member of Boston Sons of Liberty who helped finance the Massachusetts militia; became President of the Continental Congress and was first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Hancock?
When the British Army move south to get help from Loyalists and runaway slaves.
The first battles of the Revolutionary War and the firing of the first shot, known as “shot heard ‘round the world”, because it began a Revolution that will change the world.
What are the battles of Lexington and Concord?
A synonym for complaint.
What is grievance?
Considered the turning point of the American Revolution.
What were the Battles of Saratoga?
A female political writer during the Revolution; she wrote political plays, and poems to inspire patriots- friend of John & Abigail Adams.
Who was Mercy Otis Warren?
The last major battle of the Revolution, when British Gen. Cornwallis and his army camped at a town in Virginia. Washington’s army and a French army led by Gen. Rochambeau trapped Cornwallis by land while a fleet of French ships blocked the British by sea. After several weeks of fighting, the British were low on food and ammo and were forced to surrender, prompting the British to begin negotiating terms for a treaty to end the war.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
1. agreed to form the Continental Army (American army)
2. made George Washington the commanding general of that army
3. authorized the printing of paper money to pay the army
4. sent Olive Branch Petition to the king, last attempt at peace, which King George III rejected.
What are the results King George denying the petition sent by the first Continental Congress, and the actions of the Second Continental Congress?
The writer of "Common Sense", to prove it was “common sense” for Americans to declare their independence and argued that:
1. Kings do not rule by will of God
2. monarchs are corrupt
3.America can be economically independent
4. America should follow its own destiny
Who was Thomas Paine?
This army's strategy was to keep the war going until the other side decided it was “not worth it”.
Who was the Continental Army?
A free African-American who made a ride to New Hampshire to warn the colonists of approaching British troops.
Who was Wentworth Cheswell?
The Mississippi River on the west, Canada on the north, and Spanish Florida on the south.
What are the boundaries of the United States following the Treaty of Paris?
The battle where Americans showed they could hold their own against the British.
What was Bunker Hill?
Writer of the Declaration of Independence; inspired by the writings of John Locke; wrote that Americans had the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Which army's strategy was to seize the Hudson River Valley in eastern New York, which would cut off the New England states from the other states; would eventually move war to the South?
Who was the British Army?
An enslaved African who was allowed to act as a spy for Lafayette; after the war, he was freed by the state of Virginia for his service.
Who was James Armistead?
Key elements lead to an American victory.
What were:
Better leadership
Foreign Aid
Knowledge of the land
Motivation
The battle in which the Patriots took control of Boston without firing a single shot.
What is Dorchester Heights?
What governments must do, and what can/should citizen do if the government doesn’t do those things, (According to the Declaration of Independence).
What are protect the rights of the people and if they don’t the people should change or abolish the government and get a new one?
The advantages, disadvantages and early strategy of the British Army.
What were:
Advantages:
1. best trained troops in the world, very experienced
2. well-supplied
3. thousands of Hessian mercenaries (“soldiers for hire”)
Disadvantage:
1. fighting on foreign soil
2. lack of motivation / underestimated the patriots
The most famous naval officer of the revolution who defeated the British war ship, Serapis. Coined the famous phrase, “I have not yet begun to fight.”
John Paul Jones
Florida was returned to this country following the Treaty of Paris.
What is Spain?