American Revolution Review

Why was the French and Indian War fought?

Answer: fought over land (Canada, land west of the Ohio River Valley); fur trade

How did the French and Indian War contribute to the

Revolutionary War?

Answer: The war cost Great Britain a lot of money so King George III imposed new taxes to cover the costs.

Describe 3 acts that contributed to the

Revolutionary War.

Answer: Stamp Act (tax on paper goods, newspapers, pamphlets); Townshend Act (tax on tea, glass, lead, paint); Intolerable Acts (different acts that were enforced after the Boston Tea Party); Sugar Act (sugar, coffee); Quartering Act (house

& feed British soldiers)

What was the Boston Massacre?

• Answer: 5 colonists were shot after colonists threw snowballs and rocks at British soldiers; it deepened the Americans distrust of the British military

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• Answer: colonists (called the Sons of Liberty) boarded British ships in Boston Harbor & dumped 342 crates of tea into the water to show their displeasure of unfair taxes

Who were the Loyalists? Who were the Patriots?

Answer: Loyalists remained loyal to Great Britain & King George III. Patriots wanted to gain their independence from Great Britain.

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

Answer: secret organization made up of merchants & journalists who opposed unfair

taxes

What was the Continental Congress?

Answer: delegates from all colonies, except Georgia, met in Philadelphia to discuss the problems with Great Britain

Why is the Battle of Lexington and Concord important to the war?

Answer: “shot heard ‘round the world”; beginning of the war

Why is the Battle of Saratoga important to the war?

Answer: known as the ‘turning point of the war’; this American victory convinced the

French to give money and military support to the Patriots

Describe the seize of Fort Ticonderoga.

Answer: Ethan Allen & Green Mountain Boys captured this fort from the British & used

canons seized from the battle to win other battles in the war.

What was George Washington’s role in the war?

Answer: General and Commander of the Continental Army

What was Thomas Jefferson’s role in the American

Revolution?

Answer: a founding father of the U.S.; wrote the Declaration of Independence

What was Ethan Allen’s role during the war?

Answer: militia leader who seized Fort Ticonderoga along with the Green Mountain

Boys

What was John Burgoyne’s role in the war?

Answer: British general who was defeated in the Battle of Saratoga

What was Sybil Ludington’s role in the war?

Answer: known as the female Paul Revere; rode 40 miles through the night alerting troops

that the British were raiding the Patriots’ supply shelter