Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
25 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Who: Fought betweeen England, France, and their respective American Colonies
What: First of the french and Indian wars Where: In their respective colonies. When: 1688-1697 Significance: It showed the extent of tension between England and France and started this war. |
King William’s War
|
|
|
Who: A fight between France and England
What: Second in the Series in the French and Indian wars. Where: In North America When: 1702-1713 Significance: It resulted in a British victory, gaining Acadia, and the Treaty of Utrecht. |
Queen Anne’s War
|
|
|
Who: King Louis XIV, Queen Anne, and several others participated in this treaty.
What: They were peace treaties signed by the British. Where: Signed in the Dutch city of Utrecht. When: Established in April of 1713 after Queen Anne's War. Significance: It helped end the War of the Spanish Succession. |
Peace of Utrecht
|
|
|
Who: Conflict between England and Spain.
What: Mostly Naval Battles and settled in 1742 but still continued. Where: In the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Pacific. When: 1739-1748 Significance: Robert Jenkins, captain of a British Vessel, exhibited his severed ear. |
War of Jenkin’s Ear
|
|
|
Who: Vigilante group of boys
What: Murdered 20 native Americans and came to be known also as Conestoga massacre. Where: near the Paxton Church in Pennsylvania. When: Around 1763 Significance: They revealed the tension of the white settlers in the region. |
Paxton Boys
|
|
|
Who: George Grenville Composed it.
What: It was planned to be used to settle down conflict in the colonies. Where: In north America When: 1760s Significance: they consisted of the Stamp Act of 1764 and 1765 and the Sugar Act. |
Grenville’s Program
|
|
|
Who: First post-colonial governor of
What: He was a memorable and radical republican of the Revolution. Where: Virginia When: 1776-1779 Significance: "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" |
Patrick Henry
|
|
|
Who: Second president of the US
What: He was prominent in the American Revolution. Where: North America When: Born 1735 died 1826 Significance: he was in a leading role of having Congress accept the declaration of independence. |
John Adams
|
|
|
Who: A group that consisted of women.
What: They displayed patriotism by participating in Boycotts of British goods. Where: Colonial America When: 1767 Significance: They were American heroines that helped the colonies become less dependent on British textiles. |
Daughters of Liberty
|
|
|
Who: A person killed in the Boston Massacre
What: he was the first martyr of the Revolution Where: Boston Massachusetts. When: 1770 Significance: The only name remembered from the Boston Massacre |
Crispus Attucks
|
|
|
Who: Citizens of North Carolina.
What: It was a catalyst to the American Revolution. Where: North Carolina When: 1764-1771 Significance: An uprising of colonists taking arms against corrupt officials. |
Carolina Regulators
|
|
|
Who: Rebels and the governor
What: Rebels lost and this didn't address the king only the local governor. Where: Central Piedmont. When: 1770s Significance: War over taxation and local control |
Battle of the Alamance
|
|
|
Who: Delegates and significant politicians
What: They responded to the Coercive acts. Where: Carpenter's Hill, Philadelphia. When: 1774 Significance: Called for a second congress if they failed to complete their mission. |
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
|
|
|
Who: Organized by Edmund Bruke
What: A declaration. Where: Suffolk County, Massachusetts. When: Sept 9, 1774 Significance: Colonial animosity towards the Declaration of Independence. |
Suffolk Resolves
|
|
|
Who: Joseph Galloway of the first congress.
What: Wasn't accepted by congress. Where: In the First Continental Congress. When: 1774 Significance: Suggested an american colonial parliament. |
Galloway Plan
|
|
|
Who: Francis smith led the british and minutemen confronted them.
What: A fight between the british empire and the colonies. Where: Middlesex, Massachusetts When: APRIL 19, 1775 Significance: First military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. |
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
|
|
|
Who: American silversmith and patriot.
What: messenger of the Battle at Lexington and Concord. Where: Massachusetts. When: April 1775 Significance: Midnight ride. |
Paul Revere
|
|
|
Who: One of the three who alerted the minutemen
What: His mission was to warn John hancock and Samuel Adams. Where: Massachusetts. When: 1775 Significance: His warning allowed the town to have sufficient force to face the British. |
William Dawes
|
|
|
Who: Slaves
What: They wanted equality and used the declaration as support. Where: In the Declaration of the independence. When: 1774 Significance: "All men are created equal" didn't include Slaves. |
Slavery clause in the Declaration of Independence
|
|
|
Who: English Court of King's Bench.
What: A judgement. Where: Britain When: 1772 Significance: It made slavery unlawfulin England. |
Somerset Case (in Great Britain)
|
|
|
Who: Quock Walker was a slave
What: When he was promised freedom at a certain day and wasn't released he took action. Where: Massachusetts When: 1780 Significance: He was a slave that sued and won his freedom. |
Quock Walker Case
|
|
|
Who: A general in America.
What: He changed sides because Congress kept taking credit for all his hard work. Where: West Point When: 1779-1780 Significance: He betrayed America by trading sides to the British. |
Benedict Arnold
|
|
|
Who: An army formed after the revolution outbreak.
What: They remained under control of several states and worked in favor of america. Where: American colonies When: June 14, 1775 Significance: They were the basis of the US army. |
Continental Army
|
|
|
Who: Native Americans.
What: They remained divided Where: When: 1770s Significance: They were affected the most since the war was on their turf and they opposed Americans due to their behavior towards them. |
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War
|
|
|
Who: Slaves
What: 5,000 fought for the americans in the war. 20,000 for the British Where: Rhode island and Massachusetts When: 1776 Revolutionary war Significance: They were recruited by the British from their Patriot masters but nonetheless there were some fighting for America. |
Black Americans in the Revolutionary War
|
