Revolutionary War Unit

Question 1

How did land ownership change in the Americas after the French and Indian War?

Answer 1

The British acquired Canada, Florida, and all land East of the Mississippi River

Question 2

Why were the Americans so upset with the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 2

They wanted to move into the lands that they had just won from the war.

Question 3

How did the Americans protest the Stamp Act?

Answer 3

They refused to buy stamps

Question 4

What was the British reaction to protests of the Stamp Act?

Answer 4

They repealed the Stamp Act because it wasn’t working

Question 5

How did the Americans protest the Townshend Acts

Answer 5

They boycotted British goods

Question 6

What was the British response to protests on the Townshend Acts.

Answer 6

The repealed all the taxes except tea because British merchants were losing more money from the boycott than the government was making in taxes.

Question 7

Why were Americans so upset about the taxes imposed by the British?

Answer 7

They thought it was unfair to be taxed by England when they didn’t have representation in the British Parliament: NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

Question 8

What was the Boston Massacre?

Answer 8

A group of rioters threw snowballs and rocks and British soldiers guarding the customs house. When fighting broke out, the British soldiers killed 5 Americans.

Question 9

How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 9

They closed the Port of Boston and imposed the Intolerable Acts

Question 10

What were the 4 parts of the Intolerable Acts?

Answer 10

1. The Port of Boston was closed until the Americans paid for the lost tea
   2) British took over Massachusetts’ government
   3) Br. troops would be tried in England for crimes
   4) more Br. troops were sent to Boston

Question 11

What 3 decisions were made at the First Continental Congress?

Answer 11

1. wrote a letter to the king
2. called for a continued boycott of Br. goods
3. the colonies would form militias

Question 12

What is the first battle of the Revolutionary War?

Answer 12

Lexington and Concord

Question 13

What were the four decisions were made over several months at the Second Continental Congress?

Answer 13

1. Washington was chosen to be general of the American army
2. the Olive Branch petition was sent to England
3. the colonies decided to print their own money
4. the Declaration of Independence was written and signed

Question 14

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 14

To explain why the colonies were leaving England to break off into their own country

Question 15

What part of the Declaration of Independence was removed?

Answer 15

The part that blamed the King for the ills of slavery

Question 16

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

Answer 16

July 4, 1776

Question 17

What document helped persuade colonists to support the independence movement?

Answer 17

Common Sense

Question 18

What is the Olive Branch Petition?

Answer 18

A letter to the King asking for a peaceful resolution of the colonies’ concerns

Question 19

What were the strengths of the British army?

Answer 19

They had more soldiers, better trained soldiers, and more weapons

Question 20

What were the weaknesses of the British army?

Answer 20

They didn’t know the land. They had to resupply from England. They were leading from across the Atlantic Ocean. There wasn’t a lot of public support

Question 21

What were the strengths of the American army?

Answer 21

They had a great General. They had tremendous will to keep fighting. They got help from the French. They knew the land.

Question 22

What were the weaknesses of the American army?

Answer 22

They were ill equipped and few in numbers. They lacked training. They didn’t stay long to fight.

Question 23

Who fought alongside the British during the Revolutionary War?

Answer 23

The Hessian soldiers, the Iroquois and Cherokee tribes, loyalist Americans, and escaped American slaves who hoped to win their freedom

Question 24

Who fought alongside the Americans during the Revolutionary War?

Answer 24

Marquis de Lafayette, Baron Von Steuben, the French, Native American tribes such as the Oneida and the Delaware, and black Americans who hoped slavery would be abolished

Question 25

What battle win persuaded the French to support the Americans during the Revolutionary War?

Answer 25

The Battle of Saratoga where General Burgoyne had to surrender his troops to the Americans

Question 26

Why did the British begin to lose support for the war from their citizens in England?

Answer 26

They didn’t want to continue paying for a war that they didn’t think they could win, and that they didn’t think was important.

Question 27

What were the three parts of the Treaty of Paris?

Answer 27

1. The Br. granted Americans independence
2. Br. gave land south of the Great Lakes to Am.
3. Am. promised to return land and property to loyalists

Question 28

How did the participation of black Americans in the Revolutionary War affect the issue of slavery after the war?

Answer 28

Many Northern colonies began passing laws to restrict and abolish slavery.

Question 29

How did the American win of the Revolutionary War impact movements in other colonies and France?

Answer 29

It inspired the French Revolution and the Haitian Revolution, and other revolutonary movements in the South and Central American colonies.