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Which colony was the farthest north?
Massachusetts
Which colony was the farthest south?
Georgia
What geographic feature formed the eastern boundary of the 13 colonies?
Atlantic Ocean
What geographic feature marked the western boundary of the 13 colonies?
Ohio River
What line formed the western limit of lands the colonist were allowed to settle?
Applachian Mountains
What land was reserved for Native Americans?
West, in between the Appllacian Mounts and Louisiana
Where were most of the British forts located?
On the western side
What bodies of water were located on the land reserved for Native Americans?
Gulf of Mexico
What were the Intolerable Acts?
Parliament's punishment for the Boston Tea Party ..closing of Boston Harbor, restricting town meetings.
They helped to unite the colonies and convinece many people that peach with Britian was impossible.
Who was Sam Adams?
Delegate to the first Continental Congress;
Who said:

"Among the natural rights of the coloniest are these: first, a right to life; secondly, to liberty; thirdly to property; together with the rifght to support and defense them in the best manner they can."
Sam Adams
Who was Richard Henry Lee?
Member of the First Continental Congress from Virginia.
--Opposed taxation placed on these colonies.
Supported a ban on British goods
What did Sam Adams believe?
Strong voice for independence.
Believed that colonists have a right to elect their own government officials
Believed in justice and fair representation.
Believed that the King does not care about protecting the property of liberty of his subjects.
Who was George Washington?
Member of the First Continental Congress from Virginia.
General who fought against the British. First, however, he was an officer in the British Army. His loyalty to Britain faded when they imposed the Intolerable Acts against Boston.
Who was John Dickinson?
Member of the First Continental Congress.
He was from Pennsylvania.
Believe that protests against British government could work, like when they protested the Stamp Act of 1765.
Not so sure that a boycott will work with the Intolerable Acts.
Who was Patrict Henry?
Member of the First Continental Congress from Virginia.
Believed that the colonies had to declar their ties with Britain forever dissolved and declair independence from Britian.
"Give me liberty or give me death."
Who was Joseph Galloway?
Member of the First Continental Congress from Pennsylvania.
Proposed a Plan of Union, includinng an American Parliament to work with the British Parliament.
He did not believe that there was a need for war.
Who was John Adams?
Member of the First Continental Congress from Massachusetts. Represented the British troops after the Boston Massacre.
Lawyer and farmer.
Wrote essays protesting the Stamp Act
Strong minded Patriot
Supporter of independence.
Stamp Act
required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official mark showing a tax had been paid.
Quartering Act
British passed law which required colonists to house British troops and provide them with supplies.
Townshend Act
British law suspending New York's assembly and also placed import taxes on such products as glass, apper, lead, paint and tea.
Intolerable Acts
British Parliament passed a series of laws to punish the Massachusetts colony including closing the harbor.
Writs of Assistance
British officers needed the writs of assistance to search for smugled goods in a home or buisness.
Boycott
refusal to buy certain prodcuts
militia
Force of armed civilians
Patriot
supported the American colonists
Boston Massacre
British soldiers fired into the crow of colonial protesters
Lexington/Concord
First battles of the Revolutionary War
Declaration of Independence
called for separation from Britian
Sons of Liberty
secret society opposing the British
Boston Tea Party
Men disguised as Mohawks destroyed tea aboard British ships
Loyalist
supported the British
Minutemen
militia trained to be ready quickly
Which countries supported the Patriots?
France, Spain and Netherlands
What percentage of American colonists supported the British?
20 percent
What percentage of American coloniest did not take sides?
40 percent
Which side did Indians west of the colonies support?
British
Why did slaves fight in the Revoluntionary War?
They wanted their freedom.
What percent of Patriots died in the Revoluntionary War? How did the others die?
28 percent died in battle. The rest died from disease, exposure, and prision.
How many troops did the Patriots lose? How many did the British lose?
Patriots lost 23,700 soldiers; British lost only 10,000 soldiers.
Below is a list of a battle of the Revolutionary War. What was the location and year of the battle of Lexington
On lan, in Massachusetts; 1775
Below is a list of a battle of the Revolutionary War. What was the location and year of the battle of Trenton
On land in New Jersey; 1776
Below is a list of a battle of the Revolutionary War. What was the location and year of the battle of Saratoga
On land, in New York; 1777
Below is a list of a battle of the Revolutionary War. What was the location and year of the batle of Flamborough Head
Near sea, in Britian; 1779
Below is a list of a battle of the Revolutionary War. What was the location and year of the battle of Cape Vincent
At sea, near Europe, along the Spanish coast; 1780
Below is a list of a battle of the Revolutionary War. What was the location and year of the battle of Kings Mountain
On land, south Carolina; 1780
Below is a list of a battle of the Revolutionary War. What was the location and year of the battle of Virigina.
At sea, near Virginia; 1781
Below is a list of a battle of the Revolutionary War. What was the location and year of the battle of Yorkstown?
on land, in Virigina; 1781