American Revolution

Unde the theory of mercantilism a "Mother Country" has the right to raise money from their colonies.

Why was paying for the war extremely difficult for the colonists?

African Americans served in the Navy and the Army for America.

What treaty ended the war? 

An American colonist who backed the king and Britain in the war was called a...

He convinced the French to send thousands of troops to help the United States.

_______________________rights are rights that cannot be taken away. 

What was the colonist’s goal at the beginning of the Revolutionary War? 

He was a Continental Army traitor who helped the British successfully in Virginia by capturing and burning the Richmond

What city did the British surrender at? 

This woman sewed flags for Washington’s army

A colonist who favored war against Britain was called a ...

After the war, what did America have to promise to Britain? 

Which side did the Native Americans ally with in the war? 

What song was played when the British surrendered?  

Which of the following was NOT one of the 3 groups that was informed in the Declaration of Independence? 

Colonists ignore the Proclamation Line of 1763.

What was the British goal at the beginning of the Revolutionary War? 

The British hired mercenaries from which country?  

What battle was important because it boosted American confidence at the beginning of the war. 

Molly Pitcher, ran water to the soldiers on the battlefield and loaded the cannons when her husband was injured.

What man was seen as a defining leader before and throughout the war? 

A  Prussia who was sent to help Washington train his troops to march and drill.

 He wrote the Social Contract and many of  his ideas were used when writing the Declaration of Independence.

What battle was a turning point in the war because France publicly allied with America after the Continental Army’s?

He was an American General who knew the geography and the defeated the British ground troops in the South.

 Known as “Swamp Fox” he used guerilla warfare on the British since in the swampy areas of the colonies.

What pamphlet helped convince colonists it was Parliament and the King that were harming them - not just Parliament?  

A boycott was when people refuse to buy a certain product for a specific reason.

Who gained more rights after the war since they helped on the battlefield and on the homefront?

Militias and guerilla warfare was used by the British to help in the war.

He was the British General who surrendered to Washington

Which of the following was NOT one of the countries that aided the American colonists in the Revolutionary War? 

African Americans were hoping that slaves would be free after the Declaration of Independence was written.

Wrote the Declaration of Independence.

The Declaration of Independence was written after the Revolutionary War.

_______________________rights are rights that belong to all people from birth.