American History test 2

Boston Tea Act

Part of these acts close the port of Boston

Samuel Adam's

He founded the Sons of Liberty

Lexington

The "shot heard round the world" was fired here

Benedict Arnold

The hero of the battle of Saratoga was this man

Boston

The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought outside this city

Fort Ticonderoga

This fort was the first British enclave seized in the Revolutionary War

Philadelphia

This was the city in which the 2nd Continental Congress met

Virginia

This state introduced the resolution on independence to the Congress

Marquis de Lafayette

he was the Frenchman who became Washingtons aide-de-camp

Trenton

This battle gave the Continental Army and Washington the first victory after a hard fall and winter

General Cornwallis

This man headed the British forces at Yorktown

French and Indian War

This is also known as the Seven Years War

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

This act 3-5 states would be created out of the old Northwest Territory

Land Ordinance of 1785

This act said there would be a school in every section of future settlement

Proclamation of 1763

This proclamation tried to regulate settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

The Stamp Act

This put a tax on all paper products used in the colonies

Francis Marion

He was called "the swamp fox" for his actions in the Carolinas

Lord Dunsmeres Proclamation

This pronouncement offered freedom to any slave who joined the British if the British won the war

George Washington

This man was a Virginia Colonel who lost three vital battles in his first encounters with the enemy