People:
Henry Clinton
William Howe
Daniel Morgan
Horatio Gates
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
Johnny Burgoyne
Sam Adams
John Adams
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Alexander Hamilton
Battles:
Lexington and Concord
Ticonderoga
Bunker Hill
Quebec
Valcour Island
Saratoga
Trenton
Brandywine and Germantown
Monmouth
Yorktown
Chapter 8:
1) What actions did the Second Continental Congress take in 1775?
2) What traits did Washing display as commander of the Revolutionary Army?
3) What was important about the colonial invasion of Canada in 1775?
4) When did England consider America to be in rebellion?
5) Why did the colonists delay declaring independence until July, 1776?
6) What were the three parts of the Declaration of Independence (read it from the back of your book)?
7) Who proposed the idea of independence to the Continental Congress?
8) What were the major points of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?
9) What is a republic?
10) What percentage of Americans supported the revolution?
11) What were the characteristics of those who continued to support Britain?
12) What was the British military strategy early in the war?
13) What battle convinced the French that the Americans could win the war?
14) What was the impact of French assistance during the Revolutionary War?
15) Why did Native Americans generally support the British?
16) What battle effectively ended the war? How long did fighting continue after the battle?
17) What were the results of the Treaty of Paris?
18) Why were the British so generous in their peace terms with the Americans?
19) What happened to the Loyalists following the Revolution?
1763 - The Proclamation Act of 1763
1764- Sugar Act
1765 - Stamp Act
1767 - Townshend Act
1770 - Boston Massacre
1773 - Tea Act
1773- Boston Tea Pary
1774 - Intolerable Acts
1st and 2nd Continental Congress (what each congress did)
1) What rebel leaders does Paul Revere ride at midnight to warn?
2) In detail, describe how the battle of Concord looked?
3) Why was the Revolutionary War the most important event in U.S. History?
4) How many cities over 10,000 where there in America at the time of the Revolution?
5) Describe the country before the Revolutionary War? Why might not we, in the 21st century, recognize it?
6) Why was James Otis important?
7) What was Samuel Adams known for?
8) Describe the Patriotic Leaders.
9) What percent of the population, according to John Adams, wanted liberty?
10) Discuss how the events of the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party lead to the Revolutionary War.
Chapter 7
1) When do many argue that the American Revolution began?
2) What were the factors that separated the colonists from England?
3) What was mercantilism? Why was it established?
4) Under mercantilism, how did the average American compare with the average Englishman?
5) Why did Americans resent the mercantile system?
6) What was "salutary neglect?" What did it end?
7) Why did the British pass the Stamp Act?
8) What was American reaction to the Stamp and Sugar Acts?
9) What was the "Association"?
10) What was the Declaratory Act?
11) What is meant by "virtual representation"?
12) Where were the Townsend Acts?
13) What caused the Boston Massacre?
14) What were the committees of correspondence?
15) How did Parliament think they had avoided "no taxation without representation" by passing the Tea Act?
16) How was the Boston Tea Party a reaction to the Tea Act?
17) What did the British do in response to the Boston Tea Party?
18) What were the Intolerable Acts? Why were they so unpopular?
19) Why did the First Continental Congress meet? What did they accomplish?
20) What advantages/disadvantages did each side possess as the War for Independence began?
21) What percentage of Americans supported total independence?
22) What role did economics play
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