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Lexington and Concord

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"shot heard around the world". British retreat to the safety of Boston.

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The climactic clash between Britain and France for control of the North American continent sprang from their rivalry for the control of...

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the Ohio River Valley

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The long0range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to...

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achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat

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In the peace arrangements that ended the French and Indian War...

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France surrendered all of its territorial claims to North America

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For the American colonies, the French and Indian War:

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Ended the myth of British invincibility

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The disunity that existed in the colonies before the French and Indian War can be attributed to:

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conflicting religions, the enormous distances between the colonies, varied nationalities, and geographical barriers like rivers.

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The Proclamation of 1763:

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Prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

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Pontiac's Rebellion was a reaction to:

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the westward movement of English settlers

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under the mercantilist Doctrine, the American colonies were expected to ...

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furnish ships, seamen, and trade to bolster the strength of the royal navy, provide a market for British manufactured goods, refrain from exporting woolen cloth, and supply Britain with raw materials not available there.

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Sugar Act

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first British law intended to raise revenues in the colonies

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Stamp Act

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Generated the most protest in the colonies

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Declaratory Act

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Asserted Parliament's absolute power over the colonies

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Action taken by the colonist that helped them unite include

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the Stamp Act Congress, spinning bees, the making and wearing of homemade woolen goods, and nonimportation agreements

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The local committees of correspondence organized by Samuel Adams...

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Kept opposition to the British alive, through exchange of propaganda

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Samuel Adams

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a pamphleteer who first organized committees to exchange ideas and information on resisting the British

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John Adams

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a Massachusetts politician who opposed the moderates' solution to the imperial crisis at the First Continental Congress

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Crispus Attucks

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A casualty of the Boston Massacre

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The First Continental Congress

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Called for a complete boycott of British goods

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The Olive Branch Petition

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professed American loyalty to the crown

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Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense

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called for a democratic republic

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The Americans who continued to support the crown after independence had been declared were more likely to be

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affiliated with the Anglican church, well educated, from among the older generation, and wealthy

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In late 1776 and early 1777, George Washington helped restore confidence in America's military by

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defeating the Hessians at Trenton and the British at Princeton

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The Battle of Saratoga was a key victory for the Americans because it

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Brought the colonists much-needed aid and a formal alliance with France

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The "Fighting Quaker" who cleared most of Georgia and South Carolina was

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Nathanael Greene

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Britain gave America generous terms in the Treaty of Paris because British leaders

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were trying to persuade America to abandon its alliance with France

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Lord Grenville's "virtual representation" theory addressed what problem?

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the colonial assertion that it needed a voice in parliament

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The Treaty of Paris of 1783 included...

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The Mississippi River as the nation's western border, Congress being required to restore all confiscated property to loyalists, The Great Lakes were the nation's northern border, and Loyalists were not to be persecuted by state governments

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The slogan "ain't worth a continental" pertained to what issue?

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the power of the monetary system

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The French into the Revolutionary War was crucial to the colonists because the colonists

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needed the help of the French Navy

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During the Revolutionary War, advantages of the colonial movement included

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they knew the territory, using guerilla warfare, had a desire to win, and had support of some native groups

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The Declaration of Independence..

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appealed to the philosophy of natural rights, appealed to the sympathies of the English people, cirticized the provisions of the Quebec Act of 1774, and accused George III of tyranny

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The outcome of the American Revolution had an important on North American Indians before 1800 because

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it gave the Americans control over the settlement of the trans0appalachian west

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The Coercive Acts were most effective in stirring up colonial discontent because

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they affected all Americans' property rights and made Americans feel a real kinship for each other's problems.

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The Stamp Act Congress

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provided an important opportunity for colonial leaders to meet and establish ties with one another

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The most drastic measure of the Intolerable Acts was

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Boston Port Act

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During the 1760s and 1770s the most effective American tactic in gaining the repeal of the Stamp and Townshend Acts was

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boycotting British goods

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The first step in Britain using the colonies for revenue purposes was

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the Sugar Act

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When it came to the Revolution, it could be said that the American colonists were:

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reluctant revolutionaries or participants

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The colonies weaknesses in the Revolutionary War were

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Poor organization, difficulties in raising money, a weak central authority running the war effort, and sectional jealousy and distrust

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The Second Continental Congress

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wrote the Declaration of Independence, selected the leadership of George Washington as commander, had the Articles of Confederation written to give it a legal basis and wrote the Olive Branch Petition

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As commander of America's Revolutionary forces, George Washington exhibited

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sense of justice, patience, courage, and moral force

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who led the British forces in their attack at Saratoga?

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John Burgoyne

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What was the important event or accomplishment of the troubled days at Vally Forge?

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Colonial soldiers were energized by Von Steuben

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The Treaty of Stanwix resulted in

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the ceding of Indian land to the new government

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who was the champion of the fighting in the Ohio River Valley during the Revolutionary Wary?

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George Rogers Clark

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After the surrender at Yorktown

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the fighting continued for almost a year

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the Boston Massacre was directly related to

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tensions between American colonists and British troops

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The British Tea Act was passes to

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support the British Tea Company

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What did the British mean by the Declaratory Act?

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they had the right to make laws regarding the colonies