American Revolution & Road to Revolution Review

Question 1

This group sent the Olive Branch Petition and created the Continental Army under George Wash...

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Second Continental Congress

Question 2

Americans surround Boston after L & C and eventually drive British out of Boston

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Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 3

A nickname for colonial militia or citizen soldiers. Had little training and used own weapons

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Minutemen

Question 4

Took charge of families, promoted ideas of equality, and ran businesses

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Women during the American Revolution

Question 5

The British offered freedom to slaves who fought on their side during the Revolutionary War

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True

Question 6

Patriots dress up as Mohawk Indians and dump crates of tea from ships

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Boston Tea Party

Question 7

Had a 3,000 mile supply line, America is a large piece of land, fought b/c they were told to

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British disadvantages

Question 8

Throwing snowballs at the beginning of the protest ended with 5 colonists killed

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Boston Massacre

Question 9

This battle at the beginning of the war was a failure and forced Washington's army to retreat

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Battle of Long Island

Question 10

Hired German professional soldiers that fought for the British

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Hessians

Question 11

Fighting for lives, family, and freedom, fighting on home ground, led by George Washington

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Patriot advantages

Question 12

This did not allow settlers to move west past the Appalachian Mountains

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Proclamation of 1763

Question 13

French and Indian war is best described as:

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French and Indians vs. British and Colonists

Question 14

Who did the ideas of the Declaration of Independence not apply to:

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All the above

Question 15

This book called for American Independence. Widely read throughout the colonies

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Thomas Paine's Common Sense

Question 16

Who was in charge of the Continental Army and later became our first president?

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George Washington

Question 17

Why did the British attack at Concord?

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Patriots stored weapons and ammunition at Concord

Question 18

Battle that happens after Washington crosses the Delaware River

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Battle of Trenton

Question 19

The image below represents what:

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Albany Plan

Question 20

Who promised to pay for the French & Indian War and later broke that promise

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British

Question 21

The Sugar Act also taxed coffee, indigo, and molasses

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True

Question 22

Treaty of Paris allowed the British to collect debts and have property returned to loyalists

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True

Question 23

This major victory inspires foreign nations to support the American war effort

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Battle of Saratoga

Question 24

A synonym for loyalists

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Tories

Question 25

Asked the king to try to restore peace and to repeal the Intolerable Acts

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First Continental Congress

Question 26

The US became an independent nation, British removed troops and US could fish in Canadian water

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Treaty of Paris

Question 27

Had factories to make war materials, professional army and navy, had a gov't to make decisions

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British advantages

Question 28

Frenchman who fought with patriots and was close to George Washington

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Marquis de Lafayette

Question 29

Trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge

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Baron Von Steuben

Question 30

Laws passed by the British to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party

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Intolerable Acts

Question 31

What did the Olive Branch Petition call for?

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Asked King George to Restore Peace

Question 32

Which group met after the passage of the Stamp Act and sent a petition to the British gov't

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Stamp Act Congress

Question 33

The Americans surrounded the British by land and sea and forced a British surrender

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Battle of Yorktown

Question 34

Poorly trained army and had no navy, no money, 2/3 of country did not care or was against them

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Patriot disadvantages

Question 35

Group created by Sam Adams to more actively protest against the British

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Sons of Liberty

Question 36

The Americans win because their own supply lines are far and their own generals were cautious

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False

Question 37

This act required colonists to provide food and housing to British soldiers

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The Quartering Act

Question 38

Low point during the revolution but eventually rally and become a professional army

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Winter at Valley Forge

Question 39

Colonists said this when protesting unfair British taxation

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"No taxation without representation"

American Revolution & Road to Revolution Review

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