American REV Flashcards
(21 cards)
What was the cause of the Boston Tea party?
The tea act, it was a tax on teas limiting the colonists options of te
In the Declaration of Independence the Colonists state that all citizens should have
Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of happiness
What was the result of the stamp act
The americans said no taxation with out representation AND FORMED THE SONS OF LIB
The Americans Sated that only their own people could tax them and they formed the sons of liberty in Boston to protest
The Albany of the Union proposed
a unified colonial council for defense
The proclamation of 1763
it was to restore the peace between the British and the Natives west of the appalachia
THE SHOT THAT STARTED THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
OCCURRED IN THE TOWN OF
Lexington
WHAT WAS AN ADVANTAGE THAT THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE
COLONIES GAVE THE PATRIOTS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?
The Patriots were fighting in places and on land that they
knew well
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR OCCURRED OVER WHICH
DISPUTED LAND
Ohio River Valley
WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN
WAR
France lost most of its North American Territory
Britain gained French Canada
French Territory west of the Mississippi River went to Spain
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF “THE SHOT HEARD ROUND
THE WORLD”
The shot was first fired in the American Revolution, which led
to the creation of the U.S
HOW DID WOMEN SUPPORT THE PATRIOT CAUSE DURING
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
Some disguised themselves as men and joined their husbands and brothers on the
battlefield
Most managed family farms and businesses, freeing their male family members to
fight
Helped farms and buisnesses, and disguised as men to fight
WAS A DEFENSE LAWYER FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS AFTER THE BOSTON
MASSACRE. CONVINCED ALL THE COLONIES TO APPROVE THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
John Adams
WHAT BATTLE IN THE MIDDLE STATES WAS THE MAJOR
TURNING POINT BY INFLUENCING FRANCE TO ALLY WITH THE
UNITED STATES?
Battle of Saratoga
HOW DID MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE AND FRIEDRICH VON
STEUBEN SUPPORT THE AMERICAN CAUSE?
By aiding General Washington in the war effort
By training troops stationed at Valley Forge
BECAUSE THE CONGRESS AND STATES PRINTED GREAT
AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO PAY FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY
WAR…
There was more printed money than the supply of gold and silver could
back
Inflation weakened the economy as printed money quickly lost value
People doubted whether the printed money had value
No more gold and inflation weakend the econy
WHICH COUNTRY WAS THE FIRST TO SIGN A TREATY OF
ALLIANCE WITH THE UNITED STATES?
France
_______________ WAS THE COLONISTS MAIN FORMAL
COMPLAINT IN PART II OF THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE
Taxation without representation
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT A REASON WHY THE
AMERICANS WON THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
Technology
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MARKED THE OFFICIAL END OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?
Treaty of Paris
THE WINTER AT ________________________________ WAS
HARD AND THE CONTINENTAL SOLDIERS SUFFERED WITH
LITTLE FOOD, SUPPLIES AND SHELTER
Valley Forge
WHO WROTE A PRO-INDEPENDENCE PAMPHLET CALLED
COMMON SENSE?
Thomas Paine
