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History 1301 Exam 2/75 Q’s and A’s
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History 1301 Exam 2/75 Q’s andA’s
Paul Revere - -Patriot who made a ride to warn colonists of British arrival
-Lexington and Concord - -Beginning of the American Revolution
April 1775
"The Shot Heard Around the World"
-Second Continental Congress - -Served as the gov't for 6 years
May 1775
Formed an Army with Washington as Commander
-Olive Branch Petition - -Colonists expressed regret for what happened and
claimed to be loyal citizens of England
King refused and declared the colonies to be in rebellion
-Battle of Bunker Hill - -Took place near Boston
British won because the colonists ran out of ammunition
-Thomas Paine - -Pamphlet "Common Sense"
Argued that all problems were the King's fault
-Thomas Jefferson - -"Father of the Declaration of Independence"
majority of the wording
-Declaration of Independence - -July 4, 1776
-Hessians - -German mercenary soldiers
-Tories - -Englishmen in the colonies representing the King
-Whigs - -Patriots who favored independence and the new government
-Count de Vergennes - -French foreign minister that hinted at French aid
early on and later initiated 2 important treaties
-Pierre Beaumarchais - -Set up a fake trading company that secretly
provided arms to the U.S. that were paid for by the king of France
-Battle of Trenton - -Washington defeated a large force of Hessians and
moved on to capture Princeton a few days later
, -Battle of Saratoga - -General Horatio Gates (American) planned attack on
Johnny Burgoyne as he journeyed South with a huge entourage
-Horatio Gates - -American officer in command at Battle of Saratoga
-"Gentleman" Johnny Burgoyne - -British officer in command at Battle of
Saratoga
Brought women and children along
-Treaty of Amity and Commerce - -France recognized the U.S. as
independent and offered trade
-Treaty of Alliance - -France officially became a partner with the U.S. in the
war
-Valley Forge - -About 2,500 of Washington's men died in the winter of
1777/78 because of cold, hunger, and disease
-Carlisle Commission - -Delivered a British plan for conciliation designed to
block the French alliance
Rejected by U.S. Congress
-General Lafayette - -French general who brought troops to help the
colonies win the war
-Battle of Yorktown - -American victory ended fighting in America
French navy blocked the harbor at Yorktown so the British could not send
ships to rescue their troops
Washington and French troops had British cornered
-Benedict Arnold - -Thought he should have been given credit at Saratoga
Conspired against colonies to hand over West Point
Plan was discovered but he escaped
-Treaty of Paris 1783 - -Ended American Revolution
Britain recognized U.S. independence
-Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty - -Written by Thomas Jefferson
Said that no man was required to support any religion
-Primogeniture - -Land must be inherited by the oldest son
-Entail - -All land must be inherited in one piece by one person
-Massachusetts Constitution - -Oldest written state constitution still in effect
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