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US I Ch 1-2 Test

Question/TermAnswer/Definition
Acts - Answer: Provisions and Results/Reactions; Proclamation Act of 1763 Provisions: -Prohibited settlement went of the Appalachian Mt -Prohibited direct purchase of land from Native Americans Results/Reaction: -Hurt business for land speculators, small farmers -Colonists question why they fought for land they cannot use.
Acts - Answer: Provisions and Results/Reactions; Sugar Act of 1764 Provisions: -to improve revenue and funds since they were in debt -Taxes sugar, molasses, wine, and indigo -Merchants were the ones being taxed Results/Reactions: -Merchants decided to smuggle items into the colonies
Acts - Answer: Provisions and Results/Reactions; Quartering Act of 1765 Provisions: -Troops were forced to be provided shelter by colonists -Troops controlled borders and Native Americans -Homeowners left to provide food, shelter and mending. Results and Reactions: -Colonists hated it but didn't react to avoid fines.
Acts - Answer: Provisions and Results/Reactions; Stamp Act of 1765 Provisions: -Legal documents, playing cards, calendars, publications/newspapers were all taxed Results and Reactions: -Colonists began killing tax colllectors -Some colonists stopped purchasing goods that would be taxed
Acts - Answer: Provisions and Results/Reactions; Currency Act of 1764 Provisions: -Prevented colonies from printing their own currencies -Stripped colonists of their authority and power Results and Reactions: -Colonists began to realize they were losing the authority they had and they resented it.
Acts - Answer: Provisions and Results/Reactions; Declaration Act of 1766 Provisions: -Repealed Stamp Act -Gave British the right to control/legislate all colonies Results and Reactions: -Colonists continued rebellious acts
Acts - Answer: Provisions and Results/Reactions; Townshend Act of 1767 Provisions: -Tea, Paper, Glass, Paint, and Lead were taxed Results and Reactions: -Colonists continued to stop buying taxed goods and continued to smuggle in goods
Acts - Answer: Provisions and Results/Reactions; Tea Act of 1773 Provisions: -Allowed East India Company to ship tea through Britain without payment Results and Reactions: -Colonists did not fall for this scam and sent a message via Boston Tea Party. -Sons of liberty threw much of the tea overboard.
Acts - Answer: Provisions and Results/Reactions; Intolerable Acts of 1774 (Coercive Acts) Provisions: -Boston Port Act- Closed the ports/harbors until tea was payed back -Colonists not able to assemble -Trials held in England -Military incontrol of Massachusetts -Intensified Quartering Act Results and Reactions: -Continental Congress
Acts - Answer: Provisions and Results/Reactions; Quebec Act of 1774 Provisions: Enlarged Quebec's boundaries to the Ohio river -Catholic Churches had same privilege as they did with French -Trial with no jury Results/Reactions: -First Continental Congress -Labeled it with Intolerable Acts
Key Battles of the American Revolution: 1775-1783 - Answer: Date, Why fought, Who won, Significance; Lexington and Concord Date - April 19-20, 1775 Why Fought - British sent out party to look for colonials munitions. Shots fired at Lexington; Americans turn British back at Concord Who won- Americas Significance - "Shot heard around the world". Start for Independence.
Key Battles of the American Revolution: 1775-1783 - Answer: Date, Why fought, Who won, Significance; Bunker Hill Date- June 17, 1775 Why Fought- Americans had a canon that could reach Boston Who Won- British Significance- Americans won morally, killing thousands of British soldiers, lost because they ran out of ammo
Key Battles of the American Revolution: 1775-1783 - Answer: Date, Why fought, Who won, Significance; Battle for New York Date- August-September 1776 Why Fought- British wanted to gain control of NY to make it a base operation Who Won- British Significance- British remained in control of NY for the rest of the revolution
Key Battles of the American Revolution: 1775-1783 - Answer: Date, Why fought, Who won, Significance; Battle of Momoth Date- June 28, 1778 Why Fought- Washington wanted to stop British on their way to NY but got into a deadlock Who Won- Neither Significance- Last battle in upper colonies
Key Battles of the American Revolution: 1775-1783 - Answer: Date, Why fought, Who won, Significance; Battle of Trenton Date- December 26, 1776 Why Fought- Americans wanted to use the element of surprise to capture the Hessian mercenaries Who Won- Americans Significance- Boosted unity and morale of continental army
Key Battles of the American Revolution: 1775-1783 - Answer: Date, Why fought, Who won, Significance; Battle of Saratoga Date- September 19-OCtober 17, 1777 Why Fought- British forces went to NY trying to isolate New England Who Won- Americans Significance- British Surrendered creating a turning point in the war. This made the French, Spanish, and Dutch start looking.
Key Battles of the American Revolution: 1775-1783 - Answer: Date, Why fought, Who won, Significance; Siege of Charleston Date- March 29, 1780 Why Fought- British wanted control of SC to make it a headquarters Who Won- British Significance- Americans surrendered so British changed their war strategies as well a gaining Charleston ports.
Key Battles of the American Revolution: 1775-1783 - Answer: Date, Why fought, Who won, Significance; Battle of Camden Date- August 14, 1780 Why Fought- Camden had military storehouses and industrial to British in the south. Who Won- British Significance- Worst American defeat which gained the British control of the south.
Key Battles of the American Revolution: 1775-1783 - Answer: Date, Why fought, Who won, Significance; Battle of Cowpens Date- January 17, 1781 Why Fought- Cornwallis took militia to SC border to invade NC Who Won- Americas Significance- Slowed British efforts causing a turning point for the Southern campaign. America lost 72 soldiers, British lost 600.
Key Names; Crispus Attucks African American ma killed during the Boston Massacre
Key Names; John Burgoyne Surrendered during the battle of Saratoga to Horatio Gates (American General).
Key Names; Marquis de Lafayette Came from France and convinced them to help us.
Key Names; Frederick-Von Steuben Valley Force, came from Prussia.
Conclusion to the American Revolution; The Siege at Yorktown (September 28-October 19, 1781.) Americans tapped __________' army by cornering them into a peninsula, using the ______ navy by the sea to trap them by sea.
Conclusion to the American Revolution; The Siege at Yorktown (September 28-October 19, 1781.) ______ surrendered 7,750 men and 850 sailors. This marked ___ of the war.
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Treaty of Paris (1783) Great Britain _________ the ____________ of the ______ ______
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Treaty of Paris (1783) There were boundaries set at the ___________ River and _______
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Treaty of Paris (1783) _______ on the Mississippi River is open to ____ nations.
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Treaty of Paris (1783) States whether to restore or withhold _________ property.
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Treaty of Paris (1783) _____ and ______ ______ created a treaty.
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Why the British Lost _____________ was difficult between them
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Why the British Lost _________ uprising did not happen to support them
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Why the British Lost Army was not _____ enough to occupy
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Why the British Lost Underestimated _________ ability to fight
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Why the Americans Won _________ warfare + ___________ warfare
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Why the Americans Won __________'s leadership
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Why the Americans Won ______ Aid
Conclusion to the American Revolution; Why the Americans Won ______ miscalculations
Boston Massacre; Just the Facts; Evening of _____ 5th, 1770
Boston Massacre; Just the Facts; Church bells rang at _pm.
Boston Massacre; Just the Facts; Colonists Gather to ____ street
Boston Massacre; Just the Facts; _ dead, __ shots fired.
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