TGA SOS H&G War Indep. TEST
Cowpens
Morgan Killed or captured almost all of the force Cornwallis sent
Pontiac
led the Indian assaults on the English frontier in 1763
John Locke
philosopher
Put Saratoga, Trenton & Yorktown in chronological order
Trenton Saratoga Yorktown
Trenton
Washington surprised the Hessians on Christmas night
The _________ agreed to openly aid the Americans after the battle of Saratoga
French
British Government
Most responsible for the closing of the Boston Harbor
Unofficial Colonial Groups
Most responsible for the defense of Lexington & Concord
American Victories
Saratoga Yorktown Princeton Ft Crown Point Saratoga Cowpens
Boston Tea Party
British reacted with Intolerable Acts
Vincennes
Clark captured, lost & recaptured the fort.
Proclamation of 1763
forbade settlement beyond Alleghenies
French & Indian War
British obtained Canada
Washington
Became commander of the colonial army in 1775
Gage
tried to capture colonial leaders at Lexington &b Concord
Saratoga
turning point of Revolution
Paine
wrote Common Sense
Townshend
wrote the law that taxed lead, paint, glass & tea
Franklin
American Ambassador to France during Revolution
Charleston
Americans lost almost their entire southern army. Greatest defeat of the war.
Jefferson
Authored Declaration of Independence
King's Mountain
Backwoodsmen annihilated the British regiment
Know the following in Chronological order
French Indian War Stamp Act Boston Tea Party First Continental Congress Lexington & Concord Declaration of Independence Saratoga Valley Forge Yorktown Treaty of Paris
Camden
Gate's hastily assembled new southern army fell apart
Guildford Courthouse
Greene was driven from the field, but the British retreated to South Carolina
British achieved victories
Guilford Courthouse Charleston New York City Bunker Hill Quebec
British Government
Held the policy of mercantilism
"I have not yet BEGUN to fight!"
John Paul Jones
British Armed Forces
Most responsible for American victory at Saratoga
Unofficial Colonial Group
Most responsible for Boston Tea Party
Washington
Most responsible for keeping the colonial army together
Second Continental Congress
Most responsible for the Declaration of Independence
Unofficial Colonial Groups
Most responsible for the settlement of the American frontier
Washington
Most responsible for the victory at Trenton
French Armed Forces
Most responsible for victory at Yorktown
"I only regret I have but one life to lose for my country"
Nathan Hale
Baron von Steuben
Prussian veteran, trained American troops at Valley Forge
Yorktown
This was the decisive battle of the war.
Saratoga
This was the turning point of the war
While Washington and his troops were freezing at ________________ the British were living comfortably in ______________.
Valley Forge Philadephia
New York City
Washington made a skillful escape with his army; Nathan Hale was executed
Albany
Where British plan to conquer New York and the 3 armies converged here
Arnold
captured Ft Ticonderoga and later betrayed his country
George Rogers Clark
captured western British Forts
Navigation Acts
required colonies to trade only with England
Quartering Act
required colonists to house troops
Sugar & Molasses Act
tax reduced after boycotts