Causes of the War
The British government raised taxes on the American colonies because of the expenses they accumulated from this war.
What is the French and Indian War?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
True or False: The Americans won the Battle of Bunker Hill.
False.
Washington and the Continental Army spent a miserable winter outside of Philadelphia at this location.
What is Valley Forge?
One of the women who helped the Patriot cause by carrying water to soldiers in combat.
Who is Molly Pitcher (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley)?
This act taxed almost all printed materials, including newspapers, wills, and even playing cards.
The number of colonists killed in the Boston Massacre.
What is five?
This battle was a major turning point in the war, as it allowed the colonies to get support from France.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
These two European countries fought against the British, making it easier for the U.S. to win.
What were France and Spain?
The nickname the colonists gave to the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
The Sugar Act lowered the price of molasses. Why were colonists angry about it?
It allowed officers to seize goods from accused smugglers without going to court.
The first "shot heard 'round the world" by the American colonists was fired by a minuteman in this Massachusetts town.
What is Lexington?
On Christmas night, 1776, Washington led 2,400 troops across the Delaware River to surprise the British force here.
What is Trenton?
He was America's greatest naval hero during the Revolution.
Who was John Paul Jones?
Colonists who sided with Britain were called ____________, while those who supported the war were called ________________ (use self titles).
What are Loyalists and Patriots?
Two things taxed by the Townshend Acts as listed in your book.
What were imported goods such as glass, tea, and paper?
The city and state where the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776.
What were Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
Three of the foreigners mentioned in the book who helped fight for the Patriot cause.
Who were Lafayette, Kosciuszko, Pulaski, von Steuben, de Miralles, and Rochambeau?
Three of the anti-British forces that converged at Yorktown.
What were Washington and Rochambeau's army, Lafayette's troops, and the French fleet?
Two of the British advantages and two of the Patriot advantages.
Britain: a strong navy, well-trained army, money, more people, a divided America.
Patriots: fighting at home, didn't have to wait as long for supplies, greater motivation, George Washington
Two examples of propaganda spread by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.
What were posters by Samuel Adams that blamed the British for the Boston Massacre and an engraving by Paul Revere that showed the officers ordering soldiers to fire?
Name at least three of the five committee members who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson?
The British plan to capture Philadelphia involved the following: Gen. _________________ would lead troops south from Canada, Lt. Col. _______________ would move east from Lake Ontario. And General __________ would move north up the Hudson (Burgoyne, Howe, and St. Leger)
Who were Burgoyne, St. Leger, and Howe?
Four reasons why the Americans won the war.
What were fighting on their own land, harder for British to get reinforcements, expertise in wilderness fighting, help from France and Spain, it was a people's movement that colonists believed in?
What were "Yankee Doodle" for the French/Americans and "The World Turned Upside Down" by the British?