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Study Guide. Revolutionary War Test 2013-14. The French and Indian War. Boston Massacre. Quartering Act. “Join or Die”. Loyalists. British Army Advantages. Sugar Act. The British Parliament passed the Sugar Act before the Americans and French signed the Treaty of Alliance. Breed’s Hill.

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  1. Study Guide Revolutionary War Test 2013-14

  2. The French and Indian War

  3. Boston Massacre

  4. Quartering Act

  5. “Join or Die”

  6. Loyalists

  7. British Army Advantages

  8. Sugar Act The British Parliament passed the Sugar Act before the Americans and French signed the Treaty of Alliance

  9. Breed’s Hill • Battle of Bunker Hill

  10. Yorktown • The Americans defeated the British at Saratoga before the Americans defeated the British at Yorktown.

  11. John Locke • John Locke determined the purpose of government was to protect the people’s natural rights. Natural rights included life, ownership of property, and liberty. • John Locke’s philosophies are found throughout the Declaration of Indepedence

  12. Spain

  13. Committees of Correspondence • Samuel Adams organized this committee in 1772 that worked for a network of passing on news

  14. Olive Branch Petition • This assured the king that most of the American colonists were still loyal to Great Britain and to him

  15. Thomas Jefferson • Wrote the Declaration of Independence

  16. John Adams • Traveled to Europe to work out a compromise with the British

  17. Treaty of Paris • This compromise was signed by the British on September 3, 1783, ending the war

  18. Richard Henry Lee • introduced a resolution to declare independence for Great Britain

  19. Hessians • professional German soldiers that fought for the British

  20. King George III • the British King during the Revolution • Washington and his men were defeated by the French at Fort Necessity. Then the Proclamation of 1763 is issued by King George III.

  21. King Louis XVI • the French King during the Revolution

  22. Trenton • Washington led an attack on Hessians at this place on Christmas

  23. Proclamation of 1763 • Washington and his men were defeated by the French at Fort Necessity. Then the Proclamation of 1763 is issued by King George III.

  24. Boston Tea Party

  25. Stamp Act

  26. Patriots

  27. Continental Army Advantages

  28. Fort Necessity • Washington and his men were defeated by the French here

  29. Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia

  30. Bunker Hill • William Prescott led the Patriots at the Battle of Bunker (Breed’s) Hill

  31. Declaration of Independence • The Americans fight the British at Bunker (Breed’s) Hill and then the Americans sign the Declaration of Independence • John Locke’s philosophies are found throughout the Declaration

  32. Russia

  33. Daughters of Liberty • This organization that signed pledges against drinking tea and published notices in the local newspaper promising they would not buy British-made cloth

  34. Coercive Acts (aka Intolerable Acts) • The Coercive Acts (also known as the Intolerable Acts) were a series of laws passed by Parliament. It included: • closing the port of Boston until payment for the spilled tea was received • accused British officials would be tried in English courts • British troops could be quartered in Massachusetts towns

  35. Fort Ticonderoga • In May of 1775, Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold were successful in their attack on this British outpost, Fort Ticonderoga on New York’s Lake Champlain. • *They seized a large number of cannons

  36. John Jay

  37. Benjamin Franklin

  38. Thomas Paine • this writer encouraged freedom from Great Britain through Common Sense

  39. Ethan Allen • the leader of the Green Mountain Boys

  40. Benedict Arnold • Saratoga was the turning point in the war and Benedict Arnold was the hero here • - this man was once one of Washington’s most trusted generals, but he became the most famous TRAITOR in our nation’s history

  41. Marquis de Lafayette • 19 year old Frenchman became an American general, because he loved America

  42. Saratoga • The Americans defeat the British at Saratoga. Then the Americans defeat the British at Yorktown • this was the turning point in the war (Benedict Arnold was the hero here)

  43. John Paul Jones • “Father of the American Navy” … said, “ I have not yet begun to fight!”

  44. John Burgoyne • He was ordered to stop the Americans after Trenton and Princeton, but the patriots defeated this man at the Battle of Saratoga

  45. Patrick Henry • said “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

  46. Charles Cornwallis • His troops were trapped and defeated, bringing the war very close to an end

  47. Yorktown • The war essentially ended after the British surrendered thousands of soldiers after this battle.

  48. Francois de Gasse • this French admiral set up a blockade in the Chesapeake Bay

  49. Valley Forge • Washington and his troops struggle through a winter at Valley Forge. Then the Americans are successful in turning the British back at Concord. • Washington and his troops spent a harsh winter here during the winter of 1777 – 1778

  50. John Hancock • this man was president of the Second Continental Congress, and he signed the Declaration of Independence first (the signature was quite large)

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