EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY - CP
STUDY GUIDE - AMERICAN REVOLUTION
French & Indian War
● Fort Necessity
● Fort Duquense
● Fort Louisbourg
● Edward Braddock
● George Washington
● James Wolfe
● Battle of Quebec
● Treaty of Paris
○ Impact on Britain, Spain, France
Pontiacs Rebellion
Proclamation of 1763
● Why did it anger the colonists?
George Grenville
● becomes Prime Minister
● end of Salutary Neglect
● enforces Navigation Acts
Grenville’s Revenue Acts
● Sugar Act- tax on?
● Quartering Act
● Stamp Act- tax on?
○ British view ?
○ American view ?
Stamp Act Congress
● 27 delegates from 9 colonies
● non-importation agreements (boycott)
● other forms of protest?
● reaction of Parliament?
Charles Townshend & the Townshend Acts
● Taxes on?
● colonists object b/c these taxes would be used to pay royal governors
(formerly paid by the colonists,,,, colonists lose control)
Boston Massacre
● Date/how many killed/first to die
● Who represents soldier? What’s the verdict?
Committees of Correspondence
Tea Act
● Who would it benefit?
● Who would it hurt?
Boston Tea Party
● Date
● Reaction of Parliament
Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress
● Location
● Which colony did not attend?
● How many delegates?
● Reason why Congress was held?
● Outcome? (non-importation, non-exportation, non-consumption of British
goods, planned to meet again, etc.)
Lexington & Concord
● Date?
● Role of Paul Revere
● “Shot Heard Round the World”
Battle of Bunker Hill
Second Continental Congress
● Location
● Olive Branch Petition
○ Reaction of King George III?
● Most significant early act of 2nd Continental Congress?
Thomas Paine
● Common Sense
● The American Crisis
Declaration of Independence
● Who proposed it? (exact quote!!)
● Date adopted/date signed
● Who wrote it?
● 1st/2nd/3rd parts?? Bottom Line?
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
American Strengths/Weaknesses
British Strengths/Weaknesses
Battle of Long Island
● Nathan Hale - American Legend -- QUOTE!!!
Battle of Trenton/Princeton
Battle of Brandywine Creek
Winter at Valley Forge
● Baron Von Steuben
Battle at Saratoga
Treaty of Alliance with France
Benedict Arnold the Traitor
British Blockade
Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris