Places where the first battles of the Revolution took place
What are Lexington and Concord?
100
Commander of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
100
Name of the historical figure from MA who was adamantly in support of independence
Who is John Adams?
100
Another name for a Loyalist?
What is Tory?
100
An unlikely item that doubled as a bullet during the war
What is a button?
200
Reasons why War of the Hills was an important battle
What are:
- it was a moral victory for the Americans
- more British soldiers were killed than American soldiers
- it showed the British that the Americans were tough/a force to be reckoned with?
200
The man who betrayed the American army because he felt unappreciated
Who is Benedict Arnold?
200
Expression used to describe the way in which Britain imposed taxes on the colonies without giving them a say
What is "taxation without representation"?
200
Types of people that tended to be Loyalist (name 2)
What are: wealthy merchants/landowners, small farmers and laborers, and government officials?
200
This weapon was much more commonly used in the Revolution
What is the musket?
300
Month/Year that the last British troops left America (and place)
What is November 1783 and NY?
300
Ben Franklin's role during the American Revolution
What is begging France to help the Patriots defeat the British?
300
Event in which 5 civilians were killed
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
Loyalist opinions on Britain and the War (list 3)
What are:
- they were loyal to the Crown
- believed Britain was fair
- did not believe America could govern or protect itself?
300
American soldiers were told to wait to fire on their enemy until they could see this
What is "the whites of their eyes"?
400
Importance of the Battle of Saratoga
What is:
- one of the first major defeats for the British
- battle that convinced France to support the Americans?
400
The commander of the British army during the Siege of Yorktown and subsequent surrender
Who is Cornwallis?
400
Name for the tax that was placed on imported British goods
What is the Townshend Act?
400
Problem that Washington encountered with American uniforms
What is: different groups of soldiers had different uniforms, so it was difficult to figure out who was fighting on which side?
400
Reasons why the rifle was better than the musket
What are:
- rifles are more accurate/less clumsy than muskets
- rifles took less time to reload
- the grooving inside of rifles makes the bullets fly straight?
500
How American troops were able to defeat the British in the Battle of Yorktown
What is: they surrounded the British (Washington surrounded them on land by traveling South from NY and the French fleet blocked them from escaping by sea)?
500
Roles of women during the American Revolution (list 3)
What are:
- taking over men's jobs
- serving as nurses
- dressing as men and fighting in battles
- sewing uniforms for soldiers
- taking care of things on the "home front"?
500
The terms of the Proclamation of 1763
What is: it created a line that ran along the Appalachian Mountains and forbade colonists from settling to the west of that line?
500
Differences between Minutemen and militia (explanation must be detailed)
What is:
- Militia were able-bodied men from the colonies that were poorly trained but asked to take up arms and fight
- Minutemen were militia that were better organized and better trained and could be ready to fight at a minute's notice?
500
Definition and role of Hessians
What is:
- Definition: groups of German soldiers that hired themselves out to the British
- Role: fought for the British to provide them with more soldiers to defeat the Americans?