History of the Americas Questions

The battles of ____________________________ and __________________________ are known as the "Shot heard 'round the world."

. "Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation...the blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries 'tis time to part." -Thomas PaineWhat document would you find this quote in? What was its purpose?

1st battles of the AmericanRevolution"shot heard 'round the world" - The startof the American Revolution

The unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence are "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness." What does the term unalienable rights mean?

Royal governor of Virginia who, in 1775, promised freedom to runaway slaves who joined the British army.

Nonimportation agreement crafted during the First Continental Congress calling for the complete boycott of British goods.

Patriotic groups that played a central role in agitating against the Stamp Act and enforcing non-importation agreements.

Encampment where George Washington's poorly equipped army spent a wretched, freezing winter. Hundreds of men died and more than a thousand deserted. The plight of the starving, shivering soldiers reflected the main weakness of the American army—a lack of stable supplies and munitions.

British prime minister who fueled tensions between Britain and her North American colonies through his strict enforcement of navigation laws and his support for the Sugar and Stamp Acts.

Convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that convened in Philadelphia to craft a response to the Intolerable Acts. Delegates established The Association, which called for a complete boycott of British goods.

Passed alongside the repeal of the Stamp Act, it reaffirmed Parliament's unqualified sovereignty over the North American colonies.

British prime minister whose ill-conceived duties on the colonies, the Townshend Acts, sparked fierce protests in the colonies and escalated the imperial conflict.

Royal governor of Massachusetts during the run-up to the Revolution, misjudged colonial zeal during the Tea Act controversy and insisted that East India Company ships unload in Boston Harbor, thereby prompting the Boston Tea Party.

French nobleman who served as major general in the colonial army during the American Revolution and aided the newly-independent colonies in securing French support.

British monarch during the run-up to the American Revolution, George III contributed to the imperial crisis with his dogged insistence on asserting Britain's power over her colonial possessions.

German-born inspector general of the Continental army, who helped train the novice colonial militia in the art of warfare.

First battles of the Revolutionary War, fought outside of Boston. The colonial militia successfully defended their stores of munitions, forcing the British to retreat to Boston.

Runaway slave and leader of the Boston protests that resulted in the "Boston Massacre," in which Attucks was first to die.

Ottawa chief who led an uprising against the British in the wake of the French and Indian War. Though initially routing British forces at Detroit, Pontiac and his men succumbed after British troops distributed smallpox-infected blankets among the Indians.

Series of punitive measures passed in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party, closing the Port of Boston, revoking a number of rights in the Massachusetts colonial charter, and expanding the Quartering Act to allow for the lodging of soldiers in private homes. In response, colonists convened the First Continental Congress and called for a complete boycott of British goods.