Social Studies_Chap6&7_Test

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On Dec 25, 1776 Washington and 2400 Patriot soldiers surprised the enemy at Trenton by

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crossing the Delaware river at midnight

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The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was

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Thomas Jefferson

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The colonists' ability to withstand frontal assault from the British army was proved at the

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Battle of Bunker Hill

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Officers from the country of Poland aided the Patriot cause by

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donating their army engineering and cavalry skills to the Continental Army

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The colonists' rebellion against Britain became a full scale revolution when

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The Continental COngress signed the Declaration of Independence

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The first law of Parliament that directly taxed the colonies not just trade goods was the

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Stamp Act

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After Parliament repealed the Stamp Act they next issued the

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Declaratory Act

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When Prime Minister Lord North received word fo COrnwallis's surrender at Yorktown, he declared

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"It is all over"

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The slogan "No taxation without representation" was based on the ideas of

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Samuel Adams and James Otis

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The "Swamp Fox" was a name given to the guerilla leader

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Francis Marion

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One of the authors of Albany Plan of Union was

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Benjramin Franklin

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The national borders of the US were laid out in

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The Treaty of Paris of 1783

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Thomas Paine reached a wider audience than most other pamphlet writers of his day because he

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wrote as a common man to common people

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George Rogers Clark was never able to

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capture Fort Detroit

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Southern Patriots were known for

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swift hit and run attacks

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Parliament passe the Tea Act after

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British India Company proposed selling its tea directly to the colonies

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Fort Ticonderoga ws important because it

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controlled access to Lake Champlain

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In 1776 the American navy focused on

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attacking individual British ships, supplying ports and merchant ships

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more settlers began crossing the Appalachian Mountains in the late 1760 because

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the British victory in the French and Indian War reduced their concerns about American Indian raids

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some colonists objected to the Declaration of Independence because it failed to guarantee equal rights to

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woemn and slaves

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News of the fighting at Lexington and COncord

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angered and shocked many colonists

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in 1763 British citizens in England

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paid higher taxes than British colonists in America

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during the late 1600s, American Indian groups viewed French settlements as

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less threatening than the rapidly growing English colonies

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as a result of the treaty signed after QUeen Anne's was, Britain received

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Hudson Bay, what is now Newfoundland and Nova Scotia from France

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during what colonists called the French and Indian War

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Braddock and Washington fought against an alliance of French and American Indian troops

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which large body of water bordered the British territories

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Atlantic Ocean

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stories and images designed to support a particular point of view

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propaganda

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provided revenue to pay military expenses and salaries of colonial governors

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Townsend Acts

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civilians serving a soldiers

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militia

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refused to buy certain goods

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boycott

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the first law passed by Parliament to raise money in the colonies

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Sugar Act

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frontier region between the Virginia and Carolina coastal settlements and the Appalacian mountains

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backcountry

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people who are killed, wounded or missing in a war

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casualties

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to abolish

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repeal

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special search warrants that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods

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writs of assistance

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first people to settle in an area

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pioneers

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military blockade of a city or fort

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siege

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established British recognition of the US

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Treaty of Paris of 1783

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Dec 26 1776, battle between Hessians and Patriot forces

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Battle of Trenton

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colonist term for British soldiers

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redcoats

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resulted in victory for western Patriots led by George Rogers Clark

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Battle of Princeton

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colonists who chose to fight for independence

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Patriots

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Massachusetts militia

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Minutemen

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hired foreign soldiers

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mercenaries

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colonists who aided with the British during the revolution

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Loyalits