Revolutionary War

U.S. History

This first battle of the American Revolution began with what was known as "The shot heard round the world"

Lexington and Concorde

Actually fought on Breed's Hill, this battle outside Boston is famous for the American captain commanding his men, "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!"

Bunker Hill

This siege was the final major conflict of the war, though it lasted two more years, where gen. Charles Cornwallis was surrounded by the American soldiers by land and French Navy by sea.

Yorktown

In one of the most famous scenes of the war, this American victory commenced with the launch of a surprise attack as George Washington and his men crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night.

Trenton

The general of the Continental Army as appointed by the Continental Congress after the battle of Lexington and Concorde

George Washington

Who was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence (aided also by Ben Franklin and John Adams) and later the 3rd president of the U.S.?

Thomas Jefferson

Parliament forces colonists to house British troops in their homes.

Quartering Act of 1765

British Parliament told colonists they could no longer settle west of the Appalachians in order to protect native american lands.

Proclamation Act of 1763

Parliament charged colonist for all printed material (paper) requiring them to purchase stamps.

The Stamp Act of 1765

These acts put new customs duties on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea imported into the colonies. This led to the tension which culminated in the Boston Massacre.

Townshend Acts of 1767

This was the cause for Parliament closing the port of Boston

Boston Tea Party

This was the cause of Lord Cornwallis being surrounded at Yorktown, instead of being resupplied as expected

The French Navy

This was the cause of the taxes imposed by Parliament on the colonists after 1763

War debt from the French and Indian War

This was the cause of the Proclamation Act of 1763, commanding colonists to no longer settle west of the Appalachian mountains

Native American tribes uniting against the colonists

This was the cause that led British command to shift their focus to gaining control over the southern colonies in the second half of the war

Cash crops such as tobacco, rice, cotton, and indigo & belief in more loyalist support from southern colonists

While fighting had begun more than a year earlier, this document officially declared war on Great Britain

Declaration of Independence

This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, persuaded many colonists that independence was the only reasonable course to respond to the tyranny of King George

Common Sense

This treaty, signed in the famous french capital, ended the war between Britain and the colonists

Treaty of Paris

This document, sent to King George after the commencement of hostilities and seeking a peaceful resolution to the conflict, was rejected by the king referring to the colonists as "open and avowed enemies"

Olive Branch Petition

This document passed during the war became the first constitution of the United States

Articles of Confederation

When the Declaration of Independence was signed

July 4, 1776

When the first battle of the war was fought

April of 1775

When was the American victory at Yorktown

1781

These dates mark the beginning and end of the French and Indian War

1754-59

This kind of soldiers, the bulk of the Colonial forces throughout the war, was a largely untrained, volunteer force that was not respected by British soldiers but fought effectively in many engagements

militia or minutemen

Intolerable Acts were the colonial name for these two acts passed in 1774, leading shortly thereafter to the breakout of war

The Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act

When was the treaty signed that ended the Revolutionary War

1783

Columbus thought the world was 18,000 miles around. What is the real circumference?

About 25,000 miles

Where did the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec live?

Mexico/Central America

Where did the Inca live?

Peru (South America)

How did the first peoples reach the Americas according to Historians best guess?

Walking across the ice bridge between Russia and Alaska

Who were the first Europeans to reach the Americas?

Vikings under Leif Ericson

What is the longest river in North America

The Mississippi

What were the first two English settlements that lasted in the New World

Jamestown and Plymouth

What was the primary motivation for settling Jamestown?

Economic opportunity

What was the primary motivation for settling Plymouth?

Religious Freedom

When did Columbus make his first voyage to the Americas? Where did he land? Where did he think he had landed?

1492, the Bahamas, islands off the coast of China

Who conquered the Aztecs?

Hernan Cortes, Spain

Who conquered the Incas?

Francisco Pizarro, Spain

What captain's ship was the first to circumnavigate the world?

Ferdinand Magellan, Spain, 1519

Who was the first European to reach India by Sea?

Vasco de Gama, Portugal, 1497

What explorer and mapmaker explored the coast of South America and has the continents of the New World named after him?

Amerigo Vespucci, Spain, 1503

Who sunk the Spanish Armada?

The English under Sir Frances Drake and then a storm, in 1588

Who re-started the slave trade in Europe (outlawed in Europe since the 1100s)?

Portugal

Who were the first people known to establish that the world was a sphere?

The Ancient Greeks

Who is known as the father of the U.S. Constitution as well as the 4th U.S. President?

James Madison

Who was the last U.S. President (5th) who had served in the American Revolutionary War?

James Monroe

This president was first to live in the White House and first to give up the presidency after a defeat:

John Adams