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American Revolution Flashcards

1
Q

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

one person

A

Thomas Jefferson

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2
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What was the first event of the American Revolution?

A

Boston Massacre

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3
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Who was the president of the Continental Congress?

A

John Hancock

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4
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Who was the leader of Britain?

A

George III

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5
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Where was the “shot heard ‘round the world?”

A

Lexington and Concord

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6
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What was the turning point of the war?

A

Saratoga

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7
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Which side did Benedict Arnold fight for?

A

Colonies and the switched to the British

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8
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Who said “Liberty, or Death!”

A

Patrick Henry

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9
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Who came to help the Continental Army?

A

Marquis de Lafayette (French)

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10
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Who made the first American Flag?

A

Betsy Ross

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11
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Who was the leader of the Continental Army?

A

George Washington

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12
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Why did the American Revolution Start?

A

Taxes

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13
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Who surrendered to end the war?

A

Charles Cornwallis

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14
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“One if by land, two if by sea” refers to…

A

Signal of British attack

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15
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Famous winter camp of the Continental Army where many soldiers threatened to desert.

A

Valley Forge

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16
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Britain’s reason for charging taxes from
the colonists

A

To pay for the French & Indian War

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17
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Location of the Proclamation Line of 1763

A

Appellation Mountains

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18
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Event instigated by colonists throwing “snowballs” at the British soldiers

there was also stones and peices of oyster shells in the snow

A

Boston Massacre

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19
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Created as a result of the Boston Tea Party, it “grounded” Boston.

A

Coercive / Intolerbal acts

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20
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Which exchange of fire was the result of the British trying to steal a colonial arsenal?

A

Lexington & Concord

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21
Q

The British and French were fighting over this in the Ohio Valley

A

fur trade

22
Q

The French decided to support the colonists after this battle.

A

Saratoga

23
Q

General forced to surrender at Yorktown.

A

Cornwallis

24
Q

The French navy blockaded Chesapeake Bay causing this.

A

Surrender @ Yorktown

25
Q

Strategy used by the colonists to resist British military tactics.

A

Guerrilla Warfare

Hard to defeat, Lined up behind trees, ambush the enemy, disappeared

26
Q

Who was the Declaration of Independence Directed towards?

A

King George III / Britain

27
Q

Name the four parts of the Declaration.

A

Preamble, natural rights, British wrongs, Declaration

28
Q

Life and liberty are references to what?

A

natural rights

29
Q

This idea was in both the Declaration and in the Treaty of Paris.

A

US Independence

30
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Which Enlightenment principle was the basis of the Declaration?

A

Natural Rights

31
Q

Lead attorney representing the British officers after the Boston Massacre.

A

John Adams

32
Q

Author of the Declaration of Independence

A

Tomas Jefferson

33
Q

Author of ‘Common Sense’

A

Tomas Paine

34
Q

Colonial militia in Massachusetts

A

Minutemen

35
Q

Mercenaries ambushed at Trenton.

A

Hessians / Hessian Soldiers

36
Q

Writers of the Declaration of Independence

5 people

A

Tomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston

37
Q

What did Tomas Jefferson suggest each colony create

A

Committee of Correspondence

38
Q

What were the Committee of Correspondence for

A

to unify colonial responses to Britain’s actions

39
Q

What was ‘Common Sense’ suggesting

A

that British control was bad for the colonies, colonist didn’t owe allegiance to the British and monarchy was wrong

40
Q

What did the British do after the Boston Tea Party

A

Punished Massachusetts by limiting colonist rights to town meeting

41
Q

What enlightenment thinker’s ideas of social contract were used in the writing of the Declaration of Independence

A

John Locke

42
Q

Signaled the start of the Revolution

A

Lexington & Concord

43
Q

When he reteated to the Yorktown Peninsua to protect supply lines

Lead to defeat of the British

A

Cornwallis’s Mastake

44
Q

British was traped at Yorktown by

A

a blockade of French warships

45
Q

What ended the war between the Colonist and the British

A

The Tready of Paris

46
Q

British repealed Townshend Acts, sevral colonist were wounded/killed, contrinutied to start of Revolutionary War

A

Boston Massacure

47
Q

Major reason for conflict where the French feared loss of the fur trading in the Ohio Valley

A

Conflict between Great Britian & France

48
Q

Military stratagy baised on knowledge of land and terrain

A

Strenghth of Colonial Army

49
Q

Represented British Soldiers in court after the Boston Massacure

A

John Adams

50
Q

Turning point of war, promted French to join the Patriots

A

Sargatoga

50
Q

listed King George III’s misdeeds, asseted citizens’ rights and declared people’s rights to overthrow government

Made of preamble, natrual rghts, wrongdoings, by king and independence

A

Delcaration of Independence

50
Q

Why did Parlament raised taxes in colonies after 1763

A

Pay for the French & Indian War

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