Unit 2 - The American Revolution

In "Common Sense", Thomas Paine is presenting what point of view?

What was the resolution of the French and Indian War?

Which battle is represented on the map?

When was the French and Indian War?

Native American attack on western settlements leading to Proclamation Line of 1763

Issued after the Boston Tea Party; meant to punish colonies for resisting British control

last major battle of Revolution, British army trapped b/w the Continental Army & French navy.

Which of the following is NOT a view of a loyalist?

April 19, 1775; Massachusetts; patriot victory

December 1776 - January 1777; New Jersey; patriot victories; patriot leader = George Washington

An indirect tax on many goods imported to the colonies including lead, glass, and tea.

Which battle is represented on the map?

When was the "Join or Die" cartoon originally published by Benjamin Franklin?

In the lead-up to the French & Indian War, why did Ben Franklin propose the Albany Plan?

Boston group resisting British taxation and control, led by Sam Adams, Boston Tea Party

Which of the following was not a reason for the French and Indian War?

Which battle is represented on the map?

Which battle is represented on the map?

Issued w/the repeal of Stamp Act; Parliament could control colonies "in all cases whatsoever".

Which of the following is NOT a view of a patriot?

First fighting of the Revolutionary War; "shot heard 'round the world"

The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to

After the French & Indian War, what said British settlers must stay east of the Appalachians?

Who were the major powers fighting against each other in the French & Indian War?

proved Americans could win major victories, why the French decided to ally with the Americans

What consequence of the French and Indian War led to the taxes of the 1760s?

September 1777; upstate New York; patriot victory; patriot leader = Benedict Arnold

Unconventional warfare, ambushes, sneak attacks, and forest fighting used by patriots in the Revolutionary War

September 28, 1781; coastal Virginia; patriot victory; patriot leader = George Washington

A Boston politician who was a leader of the Sons of Liberty.

June 17, 1775; Boston; British victory

Economic theory, money power, shouldn't buy from other empires, more exports & limit imports

What treaty ended the French & Ind. War & gave Britain Canada and land east of the Mississippi?

Stated colonists would be responsible for feeding and sheltering British troops in America.

Pennsylvanian who represented colonies in England and helped draft Declaration of Independence.

1773, Sons of Liberty dump tons of tea into Boston Harbor to protest acts of Parliament

Who wrote the Albany Plan of Union to build colonial cooperation during French & Indian War?

What fort west of the Appalachians did the Cherokee destroy during the French and Indian War?

After the French and Indian War, what was the colonists' reaction to Parliament's new taxes?

tension from British troops stationed in Boston leads to 5 colonists killed by British soldiers

Which battle is represented on the map?

patriot Overmountain Men of modern Appalachia defeat loyalist militia from the Carolinas

Which of the following was NOT a struggle of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?

Direct tax on paper products which affected all colonies; led to meeting to discuss resistance

During the French and Indian War, when did George Washington surrender to the French?

Who was the Virginian who drafted the Declaration of Independence?

October 7, 1780; upstate South Carolina; patriot victory; patriot leader = John Sevier

German mercenaries, fought for British in the Revolutionary War, fought at Trenton & Princeton

Proclamation of 1763

Victorious over Hessians; Americans get morale boost; forced the British from New Jersey

Which battle is represented on the map?

Control of what region was a cause of the French and Indian War?

British won but lost many more men, proved colonists could stand up the British army in a fight

What was the purpose of Common Sense?

Commander-in-chief of American forces in the Revolutionary War.