Teacher: Mr. Cap Name__________________________________________ 1. Which 2 countries fought against each other in the French and Indian War? _______________________________ 2. Which American leader surrendered Fort Necessity to the French, and was later appointed commander of the Continental Army? 3. What did the Sugar Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765 demand the colonists to do? 4. Why did John Hancock and Samuel Adams organize the Boston Tea Party? _______________________________ 5. In 1774 the British Parliament punished Massachusetts by enacting laws knows as __________________. 6. True or False? (Circle one) During the Boston Massacre, and angry mob shot five British soldiers. 7. The First Continental Congress set up _________________________________________________________ 9. The colonial reinforcements that fought against British troops at Concord were called_________________________. 10. True or False? (Circle one) The Second Continental Congress met in May 1775 to organize the Continental Army. 11. True or False? (Circle one) The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first major battle in the Revolutionary War. 12. This event, on Christmas night in 1776, allowed the continental Army to capture 900 soldiers. 13. True or False? (Circle one) The adoption of the Declaration of Independence changed the purpose of the war. 14. Who drafted the Declaration of Independence? _______________________________ 15. Some colonists sided with the British. They were called ___________________________. 16. This man wrote a pamphlet entitled “Common Sense,” which stirred up the revolutionary movement in the colonies.
17. Which two European countries joined colonial forces against the British? 18. The surrender at Saratoga was a great turning point because 19. Considered the last battle of the war, Cornwallis surrendered the British army in ____________________. 20. This peace treaty, signed on September 3, 1783 ended the war and established boundaries of the United States .
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1. France and Britain 2. George Washington 3. Pay taxes 4. To protest unfair trade practices 5. Intolerable acts 6. False 7. Fair trade and taxation, the Continental Association, and a boycott 8. Lexington 9. Minutemen 10. True 11. True 12. Crossing the Delaware River 13. True 14. Thomas Jefferson 15. Loyalists 16. Thomas Paine 17. France and Spain 18. The French joined the patriots, gave patriots confidence, influenced Britain to offer a compromise 19. Yorktown 20. The Treaty of Paris |