The Revolutionary Period

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The Revolutionary Period
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Who founded Jamestown?

• Virginia Company of London

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When was Jamestown founded?

• 1607

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What was the first permanent English settlement
in North America?

• Jamestown

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Where was the first permanent French settlement
in North America?

• Quebec

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Who founded the first permanent French settlement
in North America?

• Samuel de Champlain

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In what present-day country was the Quebec
settlement located?

• Canada

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What was the economic basis of Frances colonial
empire in North America?

• Fur-trading

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In the 18th century what nation became
Englands chief rival for colonial territory in
North America?

• France

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What was the French and Indian War called in
Europe?

• Seven Years War

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Who were the two chief opponents in the French
and Indian War?

• Great Britain
• France

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Who won the French and Indian War?

• The British

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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

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What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

• Prohibited the colonists from settling west of
  the Appalachian Mountains

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What three things did the British government hope
to achieve by the Proclamation of 1763?
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• Protect the friendly Indians
• Reduce conflict between the Indians and the
  colonists
• Make it less expensive for the British army to
  protect the West

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In order to win the war against France, what was
it necessary for the British government to do?

• British government went into debt

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What expenses did the British government have in
North America?

• The cost of troops to protect the American
  colonists from Indian attacks

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What is Parliament?

• Great Britains lawmaking body

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For what two reasons did Parliament pass taxes on
the American colonies after the French and Indian
War?

• Huge war debt
• Cost of British troops to protect the American
  colonists

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What was the Sugar Act?

• Tax on French molasses imported into the American
  colonies

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What is another name for a customs duty?

• A tariff

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What is a tariff?

• A tax on imported goods

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Were the British customs duties the same thing as
tariffs or taxes on imports?

• Yes

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What was the Stamp Act?

• A tax on newspapers and all legal documents
  issued in the American colonies

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Why did the American colonists oppose both the
Sugar Act and the Stamp Act?

• Colonists believed only a colonys elected
  assembly or lawmaking body could lay taxes on
  that colony

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What became a popular slogan in the American
colonies?

• No taxation without representation!

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How did Parliament respond to colonial resistance
to the Stamp Act?

• Repealed it

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What does it mean to repeal a law?

• Do away with it
• It is no longer a law.

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What is revenue?

• Tax money

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What were the Townshend Acts?

• British laws that placed customs duties or
  tariffs on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea

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How did the American colonists react to the
Townshend Acts?

• Opposed them
• Said Parliament had no right to tax the
  colonists, because Americans had no
  representation in Parliament

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Were the American colonists represented in
Parliament?

• No

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What does a legislative body do?

• Makes laws

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How did Parliament respond to American opposition
to the Townshend Acts?

• Repealed all the duties, except the tax on tea

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What 1770 clash between British troops and a
Boston mob resulted in the deaths of five
colonists?

• The Boston Massacre

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What law gave a monopoly over the American tea
trade to the financially struggling British East
Indian Company?

• The Tea Act

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Why did Parliament pass the Tea Act?

• Hoped American tea sales would save the East
  India Company from bankruptcy

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Why did the American colonists oppose the Tea Act?

• Thought it was a British attempt to trick the
  colonists into paying the Townshend tax on tea

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At what event did Bostonians dress up like
Indians and throw East India Company tea into
Boston Harbor?

• The Boston Tea Party

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How did Parliament respond to the Boston Tea
Party?

• Passed laws to punish the people of Boston and
  the colony of Massachusetts

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To what meeting did all the 13 colonies, except
Georgia, send delegates to discuss the actions
of the British government?

• First Continental Congress

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Why was the First Continental Congress important?

• It was the first time most of the colonies had
  acted together.

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What were the members of New Englands militia
called?

• Minutemen

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Where did the Revolutionary War begin?

• Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts

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When did the Revolutionary War begin?

• April, 1775

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

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When did the Continental Congress adopt the
Declaration of Independence?

• July 4, 1776

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What did the Declaration of Independence do?

• Declared the 13 American colonies to be
  independent from Great Britain

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Into what 3 groups did the American colonists
divide during the American Revolution?

• Patriots
• Tories or Loyalists
• Neutrals

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What group of Americans believed in complete
independence from England?

• Patriots

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Who was Patrick Henry and what did he say in his
famous speech?

• Patriot leader from Virginia
• Give me liberty or give me death!

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Which army was the Continental Army?

• American Army

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Which group of colonists provided the soldiers
for the Continental Army?

• Patriots

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What was another name for the Loyalists?

• Tories

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To whom did the Tories remain loyal during the
Revolutionary War?

• Great Britain

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Give 2 reasons why the Tories remained loyal to
Great Britain.
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• Close cultural and economic ties
• American colonists should be willing to pay taxes
  to help pay the cost of British troops, who were
  protecting the Americans from Indian attack.

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Why did the Americans win the war for
independence?

• British government grew tired of the war soon
  after the French agreed to help the Americans

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What battle was the military turning point of the
Revolutionary War?

• Battle of Saratoga

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What happened at the Battle of Saratoga?

• Americans defeated a major British army at
  Saratoga, New York.

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What American negotiated a treaty of alliance
with France in 1778?

• Benjamin Franklin

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What does one call a formal agreement between
two or more countries?

• A treaty

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What does one call a treaty of friendship between
two or more countries?

• An alliance

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What does one call one nations dealings with
foreign countries?

• Diplomacy

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What action did France take against Great Britain
in 1778?

• Declared war on Britain

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How did the British peoples attitude towards the
Revolutionary War change, as the war dragged on?

• The war lost popular support in Great Britain.

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Why was George Washington a good
commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?
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• Avoided any situation that threatened the
  destruction of the American army
• Kept the army together, when it looked like it
  faced defeat early in the war

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What nation gave the United States the most help
in winning independence from Great Britain?

• France

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What happened at the Battle of Yorktown?

• Americans under Washington and the French under
  Lafayette defeated the British army under Lord
  Cornwallis

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What two factors contributed to the American
victory in the Revolutionary War?

• Diplomatic factors
• Military factors