The American Revolution PowerPoint
|The American Revolution Flashcards |
| |Front |Back |
|1 |What part of the New World did the French explore and colonize? |Canada |
|2 |In the 18th century what nation became England’s rival for colonial territory |France |
| |in North America? | |
|3 |Who were the 3 chief opponents in the French and Indian War? |Great Britain |
| | |France |
|4 |Who won the French and Indian War? |The British |
|5 |What was the main result of the French and Indian War? |British drove the French out of Canada and the territories west |
| | |of the Appalachian Mountains |
|6 |After the French and Indian War ended, what 2 actions did the British |Proclamation of 1763 |
| |government take that angered the American colonies? |New taxes on the American colonies |
|7 |What did the Proclamation of 1763 do? |Prohibited the American colonists from settling west of the |
| | |Appalachian Mountains |
|8 |For what 2 reasons did Parliament pass taxes on the America colonies after the |Huge war debt |
| |French and Indian War? |Cost of British troops to protect the American colonists |
|9 |What is a customs duty or tariff? | A tax on imported goods |
|10 |What was the Sugar Act? |Tax on French molasses imported into the American colonies |
|11 |What was the Stamp Act? |Tax on legal documents in the American colonies |
|12 |What were the Townshend Acts? |Placed taxes on imported glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea |
|13 |What happened at the Boston Massacre? |British troops fired on a Boston mob, and 5 colonists died. |
|14 |What did the Tea Act do? |1) Gave a monopoly over the American tea trade to the British |
| | |East India Company |
|15 |What happened at the Boston Tea party? |Colonists dressed up like Indians and threw East India Company |
| | |tea into Boston Harbor? |
|16 |What was the First Continental Congress? |A meeting of representatives from all 13 colonists except |
| | |Georgia |
|17 |Who were the Minutemen? |Members of the Massachusetts militia who fought at Lexington and|
| | |Concord |
|18 |Where did the Revolutionary War begin? |Battles Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts |
|19 |When did the Revolutionary War begin? |April, 1775 |
|20 |When did the Continental Congress adopt the Declaration of Independence? |July 4, 1776 |
|21 |What did the Declaration of Independence do? |Declared the 13 American colonies to be independent from Great |
| | |Britain |
|22 |What group of Americans wanted complete independence from England? |Patriots |
|23 |What group of Americans wanted the 13 colonies to remain part of Great Britain?|Tories or Loyalists |
|24 |What Patriot leader said, “Give me liberty or give me death!” |Patrick Henry |
|25 |What battle was the military turning point of the Revolutionary War? |Battle of Saratoga |
|26 |What happened at the Battle of Saratoga? |Americans defeated a major British army at Saratoga, New York |
|27 |What nation gave the United States the most help in winning independence from |France |
| |Great Britain? | |
|28 |What American negotiated the Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778? |Benjamin Franklin |
|29 |How did the attitude of the British people towards the Revolutionary War |The war lost popular support in Great Britain. |
| |change, as the war dragged on? | |
|30 |Who was the commanding general of the Continental Army? |George Washington |
|31 |Why was George Washington a good commander of the Continental Army? |Avoided fighting any battle that could destroy his army |
| | |His leadership kept the Continental Army together |
|32 |What happened at the Battle of Yorktown? |Americans under Washington and the French under Lafayette |
| | |defeated the British army under Lord Cornwallis |
| | |Last major battle of the American Revolution |
|33 |What 2 factors contributed to the American victory in the Revolutionary War? |Diplomatic factors |
| | |Military factors |
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