Topic 3 — American Revolution

Abigail Adams promoted women to take on more important roles post-war

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense fought in favor of the British, putting the Declaration on hold

The colonists and the Natives had an up and down relationship

What protest against the British resulted from the First Continental Congress?

What happened to territory after the French and Indian War?

What event led to French intervention in the war?

What is a boycott?

Why was the Battle of Saratoga considered a true turning-point in the war?

Why did the Pontiac’s Rebellion start?

The underlying premise of the Second Continental Congress was to prepare for war

What was done in the Second Continental Congress?

When was Thomas Paine’s Common Sense released?

What colony was left out of the First Continental Congress?

The Declaration of Independence was finally signed because Thomas Paine’s Common Sense shifted public opinion

The Coercive Acts and the Intolerable Acts are the same thing.

What led to the meeting of the First Continental Congress?

Why did the British want to capture New York?

What was Pontiac’s Rebellion?

Where were the British defeated?

The Intolerable Acts were put in place after the Boston Tea Party

Britain decided to go North for more loyalist support after the Battle of Saratoga

The Second Continental came following the Battles of Lexington and Concord

Loyalists were in full support of all the taxing

What did the Treaty of Paris do?

The Battles of Lexington and Concord made Patriots want to declare independence

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

What was the result of Pontiac’s Rebellion?

The British had a good relationship with the Natives

Treaty of Paris 1763 made Natives gain a lot of land

Why did the French have a good relationship with the Natives?

What happened to territory after the American Revolution?

The British signed the Proclamation of 1763 to make natives happy

Who wrote the Declaration?

What were Loyalists?

How did the American Revolution affect the world?

Why did Britain start taxing the colonists?

What were Patriots?

What were women’s roles during the revolution?

Why did the British have a poor relationship with the natives?

What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?

Britain lost the battle for New York because of how well the Continental Army was trained