Final: American Revolution

Question 1

3 things that led to the war:

Answer 1

• taxes without representation!
• The Sugar Act
• The Stamp Sct

Question 2

protests and protestors of the Stamp Act

Answer 2

• the Sons of Liberty led by
• Samuel Adams used two types of protest
• Mob Action and Boycott

Question 3

Something that greatly increased the anti-British sentiment (5 colonists killed)

Answer 3

• the Boston Massacre

Question 4

An act by the British that led to the Boston Tea Party

Answer 4

• The Tea Act of 1773

Question 5

a protest by the colonists that led to the Intolerable Acts

Answer 5

• The Boston Tea Party

Question 6

The Intolerable Acts

Answer 6

• The Boston Port Act: closed down the port
• Massachusetts Gov. Act: las right to rule themselves/ military law est.
• New Quartering Act: colonists had to house British soldiers again.

Question 7

Through all of this and more, America decided to start its first “civil war” against Britain

Answer 7

• The American Revolution

Question 8

first major battle of the Revolution and the deadliest

Answer 8

• Battle of Bunker hill

Question 9

through the 2nd continental congress __________ ___________________ was picked as commander of the army

Answer 9

• George Washington

Question 10

a revolutionary book that swayed public opinion by listing reasons we should declare independence from the Brits

Answer 10

• “Common Sense” written by
• Thomas Paine proposed a radical idea
• the “American Experiment” - the idea that common people could rule themselves

Question 11

3 major ideas of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 11

• All men are created equal
• All men have 3 God-given rights (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)
• Gov. to serve the will of the people

Question 12

British vs. American battle strategies

Answer 12

• British - prevent the rev. from spreading and take over the major cities
• American - hit and run tactics and gain foreign aid

Question 13

battle that was a huge turning point for the Americans, British were humiliated

Answer 13

• Battle of Saratoga
• commanders: Horatio Gates and
• John Burgoyne

Question 14

result of the Battle of Saratoga:

Answer 14

• French joined the colonists!

Question 15

after this victory however, we have a gigantic loss at the

Answer 15

• Battle of Philidelphia where we lost our greatest city

Question 16

last major battle of the war, decisive win for the colonists and the British

Answer 16

• Battle of Yorktown; British commander
• Charles Cornwallis was caught in a humiliating trap

Question 17

results of the American Revolution:

Answer 17

• Independence
• the revolutionary idea that common people could rule themselves becomes reality
• creates a new “Egalitarian society”
• Americans begin to question slavery
• beginning of religious freedom; “Wall of Separation”