American Revolution Created by Educational Technology Network. www.edtechnetwork.com 2009

Causes The War Leaders Gov’t Misc. 10 20 30 40 50

Question 1 - 10 Series of military engagements between Britain and France in North America between 1754 and 1763. Resulted in a British victory and a large compilation of debt

Answer 1 – 10 French and Indian War

Question 1 - 20 Series of laws that served as punishment for the Boston Tea party. Included the closure of the Boston Harbor and appointment of Thomas Gage as military governor.

Answer 1 – 20 Intolerable Acts (Coercive)

Question 1 - 30 Killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770. It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768.

Answer 1 – 30 Boston Massacre

Question 1 - 40 Order which outlawed all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

Answer 1 – 40 Proclamation Line 1763

Question 1 - 50 This founding father came up with the slogan, “no taxation without representation”

Answer 1 – 50 James Otis

Question 2 - 10 First battle of the American Revolution. Was considered the “shot heard round the world” because of the revolutions it started in America and abroad

Answer 2 – 10 Lexington and Concord

Question 2 - 20 American victory, considered the turning point in the war. Convinced France to give their support to the American war effort.

Answer 2 – 20 Saratoga

Question 2 - 30 Final battle of the American revolution. Cornwallis was surrounded by Washington’s troops and the French Navy. Was forced to surrender, effectively ending the war.

Answer 2 – 30 Yorktown

Question 2 - 40 Battle which occurred on Christmas Day, 1776. Washington led his troops across the icy Delaware River where they later defeated Hessian mercenaries hired by the British government.

Answer 2 – 40 Battle of Trenton

Question 2 - 50 George Washington’s troops were stationed here during the winter of 1777-78. Hundreds of men died from disease and exposure to the elements.

Answer 2 – 50 Valley forge

Question 3 - 10 Bostonian and leader of the Sons of Liberty. Supported the cause for independence and was the architect behind much of the resistance movement prior to the war.

Answer 3 – 10 Samuel Adams

Question 3 - 20 Political activist from New York. Published a pamphlet named Common Sense in 1776 which made the case for independence.

Answer 3 – 20 Thomas Paine

Question 3 - 30 French aristocrat who supported the American cause for independence. Helped the American military raise money from French government and led troops at several battles, including Yorktown.

Answer 3 – 30 Marquis de Lafayette

Question 3 - 40 Former Prussian soldier and close friend to George Washington. His homosexuality out casted him his home country. Trained troops and organized Washington’s military camps. Led soldiers at the battle of Yorktown and wrote the training manual on military conduct.

Answer 3 – 40 Friedrich von Steuben

Question 3 - 50 British military commander known for his brutal tactics in the French and Indian war. Appointed military governor of Massachusetts following the Boston Tea Party.

Answer 3 – 50 Thomas Gage

Question 4 - 10 Original system of government created in the United States. Gave an immense amount of power to the states and did not include an executive branch.

Answer 4 – 10 Articles of Confederation

Question 4 - 20 Systems of laws in the United States, ratified in 1788. Consisted of 3 branches of government, a Bill of Rights, and bicameral legislature. Written in large by James Madison.

Answer 4 – 20 US Constitution

Question 4 - 30 An uprising led by a former AR militia officer which broke out in western Massachusetts in 1786. Followers protested the foreclosures of farms for debt and briefly succeeded in shutting down the court system.

Answer 4 – 30 Shays Rebellion

Question 4 - 40 belief in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.

Answer 4 – 40 Egalitarianism

Question 4 - 50 counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.

Answer 4 – 50 Checks and Balances

Question 5 - 10 Colonists who continued to support the British crown during the War for Independence. Consisted of approximately 20% of the population

Answer 5 – 10 Loyalists

Question 5 - 20 Economic system prevalent during Revolutionary times. Believed in exporting more than you import due to the belief that there was a fixed amount of wealth in the world.

Answer 5 – 20 Mercantilism

Question 5 - 30 Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War. Gave the United States its independence from Great Britain and established its North American borders.

Answer 5 – 30 Treaty of Paris 1783

Question 5 - 40 drafted on July 5, 1775, was a letter to King George III, from members of the Continental Congress, which represents the last attempt by the moderate party in North America to avoid a war of independence against Britain.

Answer 5 – 40 Olive Branch Petition

Question 5 - 50 American military commander nicknamed the swamp fox. Known for his guerilla style taxes and ability to hide his troops in the swamps of South Carolina

Answer 5 – 50 Francis Marion