Chapter 4-The American Revolution

Question 1

The French and Indian War was known as the _____ in Europe.

Answer 1

Seven Years War

Question 2

Claims in the ____ Valley led to the French and Indians fighting against the British and American colonists

Answer 2

Ohio River Valley

Question 3

As a result of the French and Indian War, Britain receives claim on all territory east of the _____ and north of Florida.

Answer 3

Mississippi River

Question 4

Fearing the expense of protecting colonists from Indian raids, King George III issues the Proclamation of 1763 that forbid settlement west of the _____.

Answer 4

Appalachian Mountains

Question 5

To pay for expenses from the French and Indian war, Parliament taxes many items with the ______.

Answer 5

Townshend Acts

Question 6

Because of excessive taxing by the British government, many riots occur in the colonies of which one leads to bloodshed called the ____.

Answer 6

Boston Massacre

Question 7

Following the Boston Massacre, all the Townshend Acts are repealed except the tax on ____.

Answer 7

Tea Tax

Question 8

Parliament exerted its rights to govern the English colonies with the _____ Act

Answer 8

Declaratory Act

Question 9

American colonists were required to house British soldiers in their private homes when Parliament passed the _____ Act.

Answer 9

Quartering Act

Question 10

To punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passes the ____

Answer 10

Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts

Question 11

Off the coast of Rhode Island, a British revenue ship was seized by local citizens and burned as a response to oppressive taxation policies in what has become known as ____

Answer 11

The Gaspee Affair

Question 12

During the Revolution, people who wanted a free and independent America were known as _____.

Answer 12

Patriots

Question 13

During the Revolution, people who wanted to remain as subjects of the British Empire were known as ___

Answer 13

Loyalists

Question 14

Who came to the aid of the Patriot cause after the Battle of Saratoga?

Answer 14

French

Question 15

The first shots of the Revolution in April 1775 were in two little towns called ____ and ____.

Answer 15

Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts

Question 16

When the British marched out of Boston to search for members of the Sons of Liberty, _____ and _____ warned the Patriot militia to prepare.

Answer 16

Paul Revere

Samuel Prescott

Question 17

What were three names given to the British army in America at the start of the Revolution.

Answer 17

Redcoats
The Regulars
Lobsterbacks

Question 18

This was the first major battle of the Revolution, won by the British even though they experienced terrible casualties.

Answer 18

Bunker Hill

Question 19

First Continental Congress presented the _____ to King George III asking for peace in early 1776.

Answer 19

Olive Branch Petition

Question 20

_____ explained why a colony like America ought to separate from its “Mother Country” like England.

Answer 20

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Question 21

The principal author of the Declaration of Independence was ____.

Answer 21

Thomas Jefferson

Question 22

What were three natural rights expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 22

Life
Liberty
Pursuit of Happiness

Question 23

What idea was expressed in the Declaration of Independence which was also the focus of the religious Great Awakening

Answer 23

All men are created equal

Question 24

“To throw off such government…” as seen in the Declaration of Independence allowed a right to ____ as seen by Thomas Jefferson.

Answer 24

Revolt or Revolution

Question 25

The first and unsuccessful government of the the United States was called the ____.

Answer 25

Articles of Confederation

Question 26

The biggest weakness of the American Revolutionary government was its lack of ability to ____.

Answer 26

tax to raise money to pay for the war.

Question 27

The primary strategy of the Patriot leaders during the Revolution was ___

Answer 27

to wait until the British were too tired of war and leave, allowing American independence.

Question 28

From April 1775 until April 1776, the colonial city of _____ was surrounded by the Patriot militia.

Answer 28

Boston, Mass.

Question 29

In July 1776, the primary fighting of the Revolution occurs in the _____.

Answer 29

Middle colonies or Mid-Atlantic States

Question 30

Which British general attacks and conquers New York City in 1776?

Answer 30

General Howe

Question 31

General George Washington’s Patriot army loses many battles in and around New York City in 1776 and retreats through _____ until the Winter of 1776.

Answer 31

New Jersey

Question 32

In the winter of 1776-1777, George Washington’s Patriot army defeats the British and Hessian armies at ____ and ____.

Answer 32

Trenton and Princeton, NJ

Question 33

The major invasion of New York was led by General Burgoyne from ____.

Answer 33

Canada

Question 34

The turning point battle of the Revolution occurs at _____ when the Patriot army of Horatio Gates defeats General Burgoyne’s British troops.

Answer 34

Saratoga, NY

Question 35

Rather than following the overall British strategy of cutting off New England from the rest of the colonies, General Howe decides to attack ____ by way of a naval invasion.

Answer 35

Philadelphia, Penn.

Question 36

Washington’s Patriots will spend a miserable winter in 1777-1778 at ____ just outside Philadelphia.

Answer 36

Valley Forge, Penn.

Question 37

Most of the battles fought in the southern colonies were fought between ___ and ___.

Answer 37

Patriot and Loyalist militia

Question 38

List three British victories in the Southern Colonies.

Answer 38

Savannah, Ga.
Charleston, S.C.
Camden, S.C.

Question 39

List three Patriot strategic victories in the Southern Colonies.

Answer 39

Cowpens, S.C.
Kings Mountain, N.C.
Guilford Courthouse, N.C.

Question 40

In the final major battle of the Revolution, British General Cornwallis is surrounded by Patriot and French ground forces and naval ships at ____.

Answer 40

Yorktown, Va.

Question 41

She was a woman hero at the battle of Mammoth, NJ.

Answer 41

Molly Pitcher

Question 42

He was an African American killed at the Boston Massacre.

Answer 42

Crispis Attucks

Question 43

He was an American Patriot in the western territories.

Answer 43

George Rogers Clark

Question 44

He was a famous Patriot spy in New York who was captured and executed after stating his famous words, “I regret that I have only one life to give for my country”

Answer 44

Nathan Hale

Question 45

He was a German volunteer who drilled the Patriot army at Valley Forge.

Answer 45

Baron Von Steuben

Question 46

He was a French volunteer who helped Washington’s Patriot army in many battles.

Answer 46

Marquis Lafayette

Question 47

He was a Patriot naval hero whose famous quote, “I have not yet begun to fight” earns him great respect.

Answer 47

John Paul Jones

Question 48

Following the Revolution, who were the ruling class in America?

Answer 48

Rich landowners, just like before the Revolution

Question 49

Thomas Jefferson believed that for a republic to be successful, widespread ____ was required.

Answer 49

education

Question 50

Following the Revolution, was issue caused a lot of concern regarding the purposes of the revolutionary spirit?

Answer 50

issues of slavery