The American Revolution

 

• Who said, “Give me Liberty…or give me death!” (Slide 2)

 

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• Who arrived into Boston in April 1775?  (Slide 4)

 

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• Who was Ethan Allen? (Slide 5)

 

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• What was the name of the band of Vermonters that Ethan Allen led?  (Slide 5)

 

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•  Where did the Green Mountain Boys meet? (Slide 6)

 

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• Name two famous colonists that wanted to declare independence.   (Slide 6)

 

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• What did the colonists send King George III? (Slide 7)

 

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• Who was the commander of the Continental Army? (Slide 7)

 

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•  What was one weaknesses of the Continental Army?  (Slide 8)            

 

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• Where did Colonel William Prescott take a position?   (Slide 9)             

 

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• What did the British General William Howe do when he spotted the American troops? (Slide 10)

 

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• Why do you think the American’s shouted, “Do not shoot until you see the whites of their eyes?” (Slide 10)

 

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• What was the first major battle of the Revolution called?   (Slide 12)

 

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• What was Washington’s job in mid-summer? (Slide 13)

 

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• In January 1776, what did King George III order? (Slide 14)

 

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• What is a blockade?  (Slide 14)

 

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• What did Richard Montgomery do?  (Slide 15)

 

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• Were the Americans successful in conquering Quebec?      (Slide 16)

 

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• What was the name of the pamphlet Thomas Paine wrote?  (Slide 17)

 

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• What did Thomas Paine’s pamphlet show colonists? (Slide 18)

 

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• What did Richard Henry Lee offer as a resolution? (Slide 19)

 

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• What is a traitor? (Slide 19)

 

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• Who was on the Continental Congress Committee?  (Slide 20)

 

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• Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? (Slide 20)

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• What date was the Declaration of Independence signed?     (Slide 20)

 

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• The Declaration of Independence has three parts. Name the three parts of the declaration. (Slide 20)

 

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• What did Part 3 of the Declaration announce?   (Slide 24)

 

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• What was a patriot? (Slide 25)

 

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• What was a Loyalist? (Slide 25)

 

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• What was the war against Great Britain called? (Slide 26)

         

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•    What battle did General George Howe fight in?   (Slide 27) 

          

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• Who slipped behind British lines and spied on the troops?    (Slide 28)            

 

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• What did Nathan Hale say before he was sentenced to death? (Slide 28)  

         

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• What happened on December 26, 1776?     (Slide 29)    

                 

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• How did Washington defeat General Charles Cornwallis on January 2, 1777? (Slide 30)    

    

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• Who retreated from the British army away on July 1777?  (Slide 32)          

 

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• What country became a very important ally to the Americans?(Slide 34)   

          

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• Who was sent to Paris to persuade the French king to help the Americans?  (Slide 35)   

         

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• What is a treaty? (Slide 35, see a dictionary or click on the word, treaty)           

 

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• What were some of the hardships the Continental Army had to face in the winter of 1777-1778? (Slide 36)            

 

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•  Did the Native Americans become involved in the war?       (Slide 37)

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• Who led Virginia in an attack against the British?  (Slide 38)

 

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• The American navy could not battle against which country? (Slide 39)

 

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• Name the American captain that captured many British ships?   (Slide 39)

 

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• How did Washington change his policy relating to African Americans during the American Revolution? (Slide 40)

 

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• What did the women do when the men went off to war?        (Slide 44)

 

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• What did Betsy Ross do? (Slide 44)

 

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• What did Mary Ludwig do in the Revolution? (Slide 45)

 

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• What happened at the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge?        (Slide 47)

 

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• What was the bad news about Benedict Arnold? (Slide 48)

 

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•  What general did Washington plan to trap? (Slide 49)

 

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• What song did the British army play when they handed over their weapons to the Americans? (Slide 49)

 

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•  Who did Congress send over to France to sign the treaty with the British? (Slide 50)

 

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•  What happened under the Treaty of Paris? (Slide 50)

 

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•  Define the term, ratified. (Slide 51)

 

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•   What happened in December 1783? (Slide 52)

 

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