Partial 2 History

Question 1

City that was diverse with Germans and Irish arriving in the 18th century. The first “Melting Pot”

Answer 1

Pennsylvania

Question 2

What did William Penn promise to the Germans

Answer 2

Religious freedom
Economic opportunity
Freedom from war

Question 3

American according to Michael Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur

Answer 3

A new man

Question 4

French and British soldiers battled over control of the Ohio valley, trade and access to the Mississippi river

Answer 4

French and Indian war

Question 5

ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France; France gave up all its territories in mainland North America, ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies.

Answer 5

Treaty of Paris (1763)

Question 6

In the treaty of Paris (1763) France…

Answer 6

Lost its colonies

Question 7

Document issued by King George III in 1763 to officially claim British territory after the FAIW and declare the boundaries for settlement for the 13 colonies to be the Appalachian mountains.

Answer 7

Royal Proclamation

Question 8

What sentiment was born after the FAIW

Answer 8

American nationalism

Question 9

The royal proclamation _________ Americans with the British Crown and they ____________ anywhere

Answer 9

Angered

Moved

Question 10

James Otis said the motto

Answer 10

“No taxation without representation”

Question 11

_____________ was one of the major causes for the ARW

Answer 11

Taxation

Question 12

Three taxation acts

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Sugar (1766)
Tea (1773)
Stamp (1764)

Question 13

Legal documents such as letters were taxed

Answer 13

Stamp act

Question 14

In 1770 60 angry townspeople protested at the Custom House (taxing). The British fired and 5 died: they didn’t care about Americans

Answer 14

The Boston Massacre

Question 15

Townspeople stormed the ships and tossed chests of tea into the sea into the war; rejection of British culture

Answer 15

Boston Tea Party

Question 16

Founder of the Sons of Liberty (1765-1773)

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Samuel Adams

Question 17

The organized Americas independence

Answer 17

Sons of liberty

Question 18

Governor of Massachusetts who stirred the fuel for the revolution with strict measures

Answer 18

Thomas Hutchinson

Question 19

He went to Harvard, worked on a farm, lost money, collected taxes which he was against

Answer 19

Samuel Adams

Question 20

The had the best military in the world (well equipped, disciplined, well fed and paid soldiers)
They had more funds

Answer 20

British strenghts

Question 21

They were fighting a war far from home and everything took months.
They had to persuade the enemy
Geographic vastness

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British weaknesses

Question 22

They had a strong grand cause to fight (rights and liberty)
Alliance with France
Allies in Parliament

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American strenghts

Question 23

Not enough funds for supplies

One fifth supports the crown and half wanted to avoid conflict

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American weaknesses

Question 24

They created the continental Army and commissioned George Washington as the commander. (+ printing money, comitee for international relationships)

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Second continental congress

Question 25

A direct appeal by John Dickinson to the king to attempt peaceful resolution and declared loyalty to the crown (rejected because blood had already been spilled)

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Olive Branch petition

Question 26

Selected members of the Colonial Milita that could be ready to fight anytime

Answer 26

Minutemen

Question 27

When the British entered major cities, many people fled to the country side looking for food and work disrupting traditional markets

Answer 27

British blockade

Question 28

The British Blockade caused

Answer 28

Unemployment

Question 29

Farming, running business, served as spies

Answer 29

Women in the ARW

Question 30

In ________ _________ the continental army went to keep an eye on Gral. Howe’s Army. There were shortages, low morale, and people became doubtful of Washington

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Valley Forge

Question 31

George Washington was angry at local farmers because

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They were hoarding food for profits and some fed the British Army for gold or silver

Question 32

The Battle of _________ on Oct 17, 1777. British troops surrendered their arms (gral. John Burgoyre lost 86 of his army) Key victory

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Saratoga

Question 33

France was an ____ to the Americans

Answer 33

Ally

Question 34

Who secured the alliance of France?

Answer 34

Benjamin Franklin

Question 35

_____ _________ became the fist ambassador of France

Answer 35

John Adams

Question 36

Women who supported the ARW (wives); made clothes

Answer 36

Daughters of liberty

Question 37

Network of colonies to communicate by letters do that the British don’t find out about their plans

Answer 37

Committees of Correspondence

Question 38

The first continental congress was in ___________

Answer 38

Philadelphia

Question 39

Representative for Massachusetts

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Samuel Adams

Question 40

Representative for Virginia

Answer 40

Washington

Question 41

1st president of the USA

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Washington

Question 42

In the 1st Continental Congress they sent a letter asking for _____________ but they refused

Answer 42

a voice in parliament

Question 43

The British prepared a plan to capture _______ _______ in Lexington.

Answer 43

Samuel Adams

Question 44

The beginning of the ARW was the

Answer 44

Battle of Lexington and Concard

Question 45

Minutemen defended town from.......

Answer 45

French/Natives

Question 46

The Adams were _______ the Olive Branch Petition

Answer 46

against

Question 47

Dickinson was a ......... while the Adams were .......

Answer 47

Quaker | Puritans

Question 48

________________ was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

Answer 48

John Hancock

Question 49

Who drafted the Declaration of Independence

Answer 49

Thomas Jefferson John Adams Benjamin Franklin

Question 50

Discussions started in June of that year but the declaration was signed on

Answer 50

July 4th 1776

Question 51

___ ______ abstained from the vote

Answer 51

New York

Question 52

They allied with America for revenge in the British over the FAIW

Answer 52

France

Question 53

___ franco American treaties treaties were signed

Answer 53

2

Question 54

John Adams and Benjamin Franklin went to...... with King Louis

Answer 54

Paris

Question 55

What treaties did they agree on with Louis

Answer 55

``` Commerce Conditional defense (from England) ```

Question 56

The Americans and France defeated the British (1781)

Answer 56

Yorktown

Question 57

With the ______ ___ ________ England recognizes Independence

Answer 57

Treaty of Paris (1783)

Question 58

Franklin wanted to keep

Answer 58

Quebec

Question 59

The US bought Florida from (1819)

Answer 59

Spain

Question 60

US bought Louisiana from

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Napoleon

Question 61

John Tyler pursued the annexation of _________ in 1845

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Texas

Question 62

How many colonies were they

Answer 62

13

Question 63

They gained the Ohio valley with the

Answer 63

Treaty of Paris

Question 64

Territory ceded by the Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty to end occupation of Mexico (1848)

Answer 64

Mexican cession

Question 65

Treaty signed in Washington DC between the UK and US (1846)

Answer 65

Oregon Treaty

Question 66

Acquired from Mexico via the Treaty of La Mesilla for railroad (1846)

Answer 66

Gadsden Purchase