Social studies ch 8
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- What happened at the Boston Tea Party.
- The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped tea into Boston Harbor
- Hessians
- German soldiers who are hired to fight for anyone who pays them
- What did King George III issue as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
- He closed the Boston Harbor
- After writing the Declaration of Independence, the colonists had to make it a reality by going to war. What marked the end of the Revolutionary War?
- when Lord Cornwallis surrended his troops at Yorktown, Virginia
- Who was Crispus Attucks?
- he was the first african American to die for American Independence, he died at the Boston Massacre
- Describe the outcome of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- The British tried to drive Americans off of Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill. The British captured the hill.
- Loyalist
- A clolonist who was a supporter of Great Britain and King George III
- What was accomplished at the 1st Continental Congress?
- wrote a list of complaints to the King asking him for help.
- Thomas Paine
- wrote "Common Sense", pamphlet that argued that it was wrong for kings to be in charge
- What did Betsy Ross do during the Revolutionary War?
- She made the first American flag.
- Sons of Liberty
- a group of patriots formed to fight British control
- Why were the Committees of Correspondence important?
- so that all Americans can know about British actions
- Minutemen
- men who are ready to fight any minute
- Patriot
- A person who supported the American cause for independence from Britain
- Who led the British in the Revolutionary War and surrended his troops at Yorktown in 1781?
- General (Lord) Cornwallis
- What was accomplished at the 2nd Continental Congress?
- They created an official American army, called the Continental Army
- Why is Lexington important?
- it is where the 1st battle of the Revolutionary War was fought
- Why was George Washington perfect for the job as leader of the Continental Army?
- He was a surveyor, so he knew the land well
- George Washington
- lead the army for freedom. He was a surveyor.
- Thomas Jefferson
- wrote the Declaration of Independence
- List at least 3 reasons the colonists wanted to break free from Britain.
- high taxes, didn't want a King, freedom
- Proclamation of 1763
- when King George III called for a line to be drawn along the Appalachian Mountains from Georgia to New York. The colonists were to stay on the east and the Native Americans were to stay on the west of the mountains.
- Paul Revere
- One of the Sons of Liberty, he warned us, "the British are coming"
- Daughters of Liberty
- set up spinning wheels in public places to prove they could survive without British cloth
- What was the outcome of the Battle of Saratoga?
- British troops moved into Northern New York. Biggest victory of the war for the Americans.