stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Road to Revolution Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Road to Revolution
Road to Revolution
35 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
2,161 plays
Quizzes understanding from British taxation to the end of the Revolutionary War.
Flashcards
35 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
35
Answers
1
How many colonies were in favor of Independence in the final vote?
(TRIVIA GENIUS!)
9
4
all 13
12
2
Aside from exposure to the elements and a lack of supplies, what dangerous killer threatened troops at Valley Forge?
British naval bombardments
threats of Loyalist attacks
diseases like smallpox
Hessian mercenaries
3
Turning point battle in the South where Daniel Morgan defeats Cornwallis driving the British out of South Carolina.
Battle of Camden
Battle of Charlotte
Battle of the Waxhaws
Battle of Cowpens
4
What Sons of Liberty communication tool helped spread information to the other 13 colonies?
common sense
committees of correspondence
nullification
minute men
5
Which British author encouraged separation from Great Britain in his work Common Sense?
John Locke
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
6
Which law passed by Parliament happened as a direct result of the Boston Tea Party?
Quebec Acts
All of the above
Intolerable Acts
Coercive Acts
7
The shot heard round the world????
Battle of Concord
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Shaker Heights
8
This act of Parliament made themselves the most powerful law making body in the world.
Townshend Act
Coercive Acts
Declaratory Act
Intolerable Acts
9
Which turning point battle in the Northern campaign caused the French to ally itself with the Americans?
Camden
Princeton
Saratoga
Ticonderoga
10
SEQUENCING TIME! Which event took place
first
? Look over each item carefully....
Thomas Paine writes Common Sense to push for independence
Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence
Britain sends troops to defeat the rebels at Bunker Hill
Washington named commander and chief of the army by Congress
11
Sneak attack battle led by Gen. Washington crossing the Delaware River to attack the Hessians.
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Germantown
Battle of Brandywine
12
The British leader who helped turn the tide of the French & Indian War by sending more troops and money to the Colonies.
Thomas Gage
Charles Cornwallis
William Bradford
William Pitt
13
What is the Final Battle of the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Guilford Court House
Battle of Charlotte
Battle of Camden
Battle of Yorktown
14
What group formed by poor farmers in North Carolina rebelled against greedy British officials who took their land?
The Regulators
The Culper Gang
The Mecklenburg Resolves
Sons of Liberty
15
Major battle in the south fought mostly by American Patriots and Loyalists to Britain, acting more as a civil war.
Cowpens
Kings Mountain
Waxhaws
Charlotte
16
This action by the American colonists caused the repeal of the Stamp Act.
terrorism
militia
committees of correspondence
boycott
17
Which tax act was designed by the Parliament to assist the East India Trading Company?
Tea Act
Declaratory Act
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
18
The main purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to _____.
show the king's actions that prove he is an absolute tyrant
all of these are correct
outline the need to create a new government of the people
outline America's reasons for separating from England
19
The man that betrayed the Continental Army in order to benefit financially in trading West Point to the British.
Nathan Hale
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Arnold
John Andre
20
For what purpose was this piece of propaganda created by Benjamin Franklin?
to encourage the other colonies to unite under the Albany Plan of Union
to encourage colonists to join the Sons of Liberty movement in Boston
to encourage Virginians to rally to join Washington's militia forces
to encourage Pennsylvanians to contribute to paying the states' war debts
21
This law taxed goods like glass, paper, and paint.
Quartering Act
Townshend Act
Intolerable Acts
Quebec Act
22
Which man was crucial to training Washington's army during the encampment at Valley Forge?
Nathan Hale
Frederick von Steuben
Robert Townshend
Francis Marion
23
Which member of the Sons of Liberty used the Boston Massacre as propaganda in this art piece?
William Dawes
Paul Revere
Sam Adams
John Adams
24
Which early battle forced the American Congress to name Washington General of the Colonies.
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Quebec
Battle of New York
Battle of Concord
25
Which factor is considered the biggest consequence of the French & Indian War?
the American Colonists would prove their worth in combat to the British
France would remain a threat to British expansion to the Mississippi area
Chief Pontiac would sign a peace treaty ending war with the British
Great Britain would become the dominate European power in North America
26
Which member of the 13 Colonies already declared independence before July 4th, 1776?
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New York
27
Washington's spies were instrumental in challenging British intelligence in which city?
Richmond
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
28
The Intolerable Acts did which of the following?
closed the port of Charleston
outlawed the rum trade
banned town hall meetings in Boston
banned citizens from settling in the Appalachians
29
Famous Founding Father who was quoted saying "Give me liberty or give me death!"
John Hancock
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
30
This act taxed all types of printed goods from news papers to playing cards.
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Quebec Act
Coercive Act
31
This tax act taxed important goods like molasses.
Townshend Act
Declaratory Act
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
32
What treaty ended the war with Great Britain
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Ghent
33
Which NC governor crushed the rebellion of the Regulators at the Battle of Alamance?
William Brewster
Patrick Henry
John White
William Tryon
34
What area did France and Britian come into conflict over to start the French and Indian War?
the Mississippi Delta region in the Louisiana territory
the Hudson Bay region in northern Canada
the Ohio River Valley region west of the Appalachian mountians
the St. Lawrence River basin in northeastern Canada
35
First battle that dealt a major defeat to Gen. Washington during the beginning stages of the Revolutionary War.
Montreal
New York
Trenton
Boston