VAUS UNIT 2

Question 0

Who won the Freach and Indian War?

Answer 0

British

Question 1

A group of colonial leaders met in Philadelphia in 1776 to draft and sign the DoI

Answer 1

2nd Continental Congress

Question 2

Colonists who believe in complete independence from the king

Answer 2

Patriots

Question 3

Colonists who remain loyal to Britain during the American Revolution

Answer 3

Loyalists

Question 4

Natural rights from John Locke

Answer 4

Life, liberty, property

Question 5

Coercive Act

Answer 5

Close Boston port

banned town meetings

Quartering soldiers

Question 6

Declaratory act

Answer 6

Parliament meant had power to make laws

Question 7

Virginia Resolves

Answer 7

Blocked sale of British goods

Question 8

Committee of Correspondence

Answer 8

Each colony would communicate with each other of British activities

Question 9

Treaty of Paris (1763)

Answer 9

France: lost Canadian possession, most empire in India, lands east of Mississippi River

Spain: got French lands west of Mississippi, New Orleans, Lost Florida to England

England: claims all land in Canada, control Caribbean slave trade, commercial dominance in India, land East of Mississippi

Question 10

George Washington

Answer 10

Virginian who led the 1st Continental Army and allowed Aftican Amercians to fight in war and grant freedom

Question 11

John Adams

Answer 11

Lawyer in Boston who defended British in Boston Massacre

Question 12

Ben Franklin

Answer 12

Ambassadors of France and convinced them to send troops during war and representative of Pennslyvania

Question 13

When was the First Continental congress

Answer 13

May 1774

Question 14

Patrick Henry

Answer 14

Member of House of Burgesses who said “give me liberty or give me death” response to Coercive and Quebec act during 1st CC
First in favor of war

Question 15

Benedict Arnold

Answer 15

Joined forces with Cornwallis during Battle of Yorktown was an American general until he sold military info to British

Question 16

Samuel Adams

Answer 16

Helped create Sons of liberty

Created an anti alliance of merchants lawyers artisans shopkeepers took part in Boston tea party

Question 17

Paul Revere

Answer 17

“The British are Coming!”

Question 18

John Hancock

Answer 18

Member of Massachusetts Provincal Congress led Committe of Safety. First to sign DOI

Question 19

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 19

Virginia Delegate who wrote DoI and Virginia statute of religious freedom

Question 20

Sugar Act

Answer 20

Put a tax on molasses imported outside British

Question 21

Townsend Act

Answer 21

Tax on lead, paper, paint, tea imports

Question 22

Organized the Boston Tea Party

Answer 22

Samuel Adams

Question 23

Lexington and Concord

Answer 23

1781
First shots fired here
Guerilla style fight
Americans forced to withdraw

Question 24

Bunker Hill

Answer 24

1775
Militia stood up to British
“dont shoot til you see whites of eyes”
Ended I statemate

Question 25

Saratoga

Answer 25

1777
Turning point
Convinced France to enter war

Question 26

Trenton

Answer 26

December 25, 1776
Washington Crossing of Delaware
Defeated and captured 1000 Hessains

Question 27

Yorktown

Answer 27

1781
Final battle
Cornwallis and Arnold tried to seize VA
had to retreat and surrender

Question 28

Treaty of Paris

Answer 28

1783
Britain recognized US as a new nation
britain gave Florida back to Spain
France received colonies in Caribbean and Africa

Question 29

Americas Pros

Answer 29

Fought on their homeland

Guerilla Warfare

Question 30

America’s Cons

Answer 30

Weren’t formally trained

Less structure

Weak gov

Question 31

British Pros

Answer 31

Larger armies string navy

Better trained and equipped

More money

Strong gov

Question 32

British Cons

Answer 32

Have to fight in another continent

Rely on mercenaries(Hessians)

Many British did not care about war or colonists’ independence

Question 33

Why we Won

Answer 33

Ben Franklin negotiated a treaty of alliance with France and wahingtons army