Birth of a Nation Exam Review

A series of taxes on imports from England that caused the colonists to organize a boycott.

The battle in New York state where British Gen. Burgoyne surrendered after he and his army were forced to surrender.

The final major battle of the Revolutionary War in which British Gen. Cornwallis surrendered in Virginia.

The Americans had the advantage of a good military leader in Gen. George Washington and a strong will to fight and win.

Written by the 1st Continental Congress, this asked the King to be lenient on the colonies.

This required the colonists to buy a stamp for each piece of paper they used.

The Declaration of Independence was written to explain

The colony founded in Massachusetts by the Puritans looking to practice their faith freely.

The Declaration of Independence states that all people are born with certain rights including:

Which was NOT a major effect of the French and Indian War?

Native Americans were enslaved before Africans were brought to America to be enslaved.

The king passed these to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

Many enslaved Africans rushed to join the cause of the American Revolution.

The Boston Massacre was a

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

Who was chosen by the Second Continental Congress to command the new Continental Army?

The first English colony founded in 1607 in what is now Virginia. It was based on profits from tobacco.

The first time the 13 colonies got together to collectively discuss tensions with the British.

A Minuteman who made the famous engraving of the Boston Massacre.

This edict by the king forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

Before 1763, the American colonies had been:

The Prussian officer who helped Gen. Washington train the Continental army during the Winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge.

Who (mostly) wrote the Declaration of Independence?

The British had the advantage of an experienced and well trained army with good supply lines.

Based on the map, which country had lost its power in North America by 1763?

The day on which the Declaration of Independence was approved in 1776 is celebrated today as

This treaty ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States.

In 1765, Parliament passed a law requiring colonists pay the costs of housing British soldiers.

First major battle of the Revolutionary War in which the British were forced to abandon Boston.

The clashes between colonists and British troops at Lexington and Concord proved that

Before the French-Indian War, the British ruled the 13 colonies with a heavy hand and taxed them heavily.

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware