Unit 2 American Revolution Questions and Answers 100% Pass

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Unit 2 American Revolution Questions and Answers 100% Pass Albany Plan of Union ✔✔plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other p... urposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown Proclamation of 1763 ✔✔law forbidding english colonists to settle west of the appalachian mountains Pontiac's Rebellion ✔✔Violent campaign to drive British out of Ohio country led by Otowah chief Pontiac in 1763 Boston Tea Party ✔✔a protest against taxation without representation by the Sons of Liberty Stamp Act ✔✔A law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring colonists to pay a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and even playing cards. Townshend Acts ✔✔laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea Sons of Liberty ✔✔A radical political organization formed after the passage of the Stamp Act to protest various British acts; organization used poth peaceful and violent means of protest Committee of Correspondence ✔✔group of colonists who wrote letters and pamphlets reporting on British actions Boston Massacre ✔✔a riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed 5 people. Olive Branch Petition ✔✔On July 8, 1775, the colonies made a final offer of peace to Britain, agreeing to be loyal to the British government if it addressed their grievances (repealed the Coercive Acts, ended the taxation without representation policies). It was rejected by Parliament, which in December 1775 passed the American Prohibitory Act forbidding all further trade with the colonies. Intolerable/Coercive Acts ✔✔A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British Minutemen ✔✔volunteer colonial soldiers who were ready to fight in a moments notice Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott ✔✔Patriots who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival Battle of Bunker Hill ✔✔in 1775, first major battle of the revolution Battle of Lexington ✔✔April 19, 1775, was the "shot heard round the world", 70 minutemen against a much larger british force Battle of Concord ✔✔April 19, 1775, British began marching back to Boston & Americans hid behind bushes and ambushed British Evacuation Day ✔✔March 17 1776, the day the British troops left (evacuated) Boston Common Sense ✔✔a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation Declaration of Independence ✔✔the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain King George III ✔✔King of England during the American Revolution Samuel Adams ✔✔Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence Crispus Attucks ✔✔Killed in Boston Massacre, black laborer, only African-American person killed in Boston Massacre John Adams ✔✔Patriot leader during the American Revolution and Second President of the United States. Abigail Adams ✔✔John Adam's wife, she appealed to her husband to protect the rights of women Thomas Jefferson ✔✔wrote the declaration of independence George Washington ✔✔Patriot and general. Led the Revolutionary Army in the fight for independence. First President of the United States. Committee of Five ✔✔Chosen to create a document that gave reasons for separation from England (Declaration of Independence) Hessians ✔✔German soldiers who fought for the British Battle of Trenton ✔✔The Americans surprised the Hessian troops guarding Trenton and took most of them prisoner; the Americans won. Battle of Saratoga ✔✔American victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution. Benedict Arnold ✔✔Successful American general during the Revolution who turned traitor in 1780 and joined the British cause. Loyalists/Tories ✔✔American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence Patriots/Whigs ✔✔Colonists who wanted independence from Britain Valley Forge ✔✔Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778 Marquis de Lafayette ✔✔French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution Baron von Steuben ✔✔The German commander who taught Washington's troops how to fight at Valley Forge. Battle of Yorktown ✔✔1781 American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender Treaty of Paris ✔✔agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States of America was a free and independent contry Charles Cornwallis ✔✔Commanding general of the British forces that were defeated at Yorktown in 1781, ending the American Revolution. Vice Admirality Courts ✔✔where violaters of the Stamp act may be tried; located in Canada Currency Act ✔✔prohibited colonies from issuing paper money, destabilized colonial economy James Otis ✔✔First colonist to raise the issue of taxation without representation George Rogers Clark ✔✔the patriot who seized British forts on the southwestern frontier Effigy ✔✔stuffed doll; likeness of a person Declaration of Rights and Grievances ✔✔Adopted by the First Continental Congress, it promised obedience to the king, but denied parliament's right to tax the colonies. American Advantages ✔✔Fighting on home soil, fight for home/ excellent officers/ able to utilize guerrilla warfare. received financial support from France/ hoped to protract war so British would think war was pointless British Advantages ✔✔more money, well trained army, better weapons and supplies, had a Navy Treaty of Paris 1783 ✔✔It ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation. Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom ✔✔laws that separation church and state, statement of religious liberty, written by Thomas Jefferson Molly Pitcher ✔✔patriot; brought water to thirsty soldiers & loaded cannons Chief Joseph Brant ✔✔Pro-British Mohawk chief who urged Inidans to join the British and led raids in the Pennsylvania and New York frontier. John Trumbull ✔✔American painter who had fought in the Revolutionary War and made it his practice to paint scenes of the war. Charles Wilson Peale ✔✔A painter from Maryland who created several portraits of George Washington. Noah Webster ✔✔wrote the first major American dictionary Nathan Hale ✔✔a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British, famous quote: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." John Paul Jones ✔✔American naval commander in the American Revolution; said " I have not yet begun to fight." Francis Marion ✔✔South Carolina militia leader nicknamed the "Swamp Fox" for his hit-andrun attacks on the British [Show More]

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