U.S. History Unit 2 Review

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  1. 2. British Foreign Minister to the colonies who helped boost colonial morale and turn tide of the French & Indian War
  2. 4. Signing of this officially brought an end to the French and Indian War in 1763.
  3. 6. Following the end of the French & Indian War, this British decree created an imaginary line along the Appalachian Mountains, prohibiting American colonists from settling west of it.
  4. 8. General who became America's most famous traitor after working with British to hand over American fort to British army.
  5. 13. Taking place in 1775 outside of Boston, this second major battle of the American Revolution was won by the British after the Americans ran out of ammunition despite killing 1,000 British soldiers.
  6. 15. The site of the "Shot Heard 'Round the World," this was the first major battle of the American Revolution.
  7. 19. Radical political group including John Hancock, Paul Revere, and Samuel Adams, responsible for Boston Tea Party, tarring & feathering.
  8. 21. Named for Ottawa chief who led series of Native American attacks on British forts in Ohio Valley following end of the French and Indian War.
  9. 23. Significant for its resources and access to easy transportation of goods, French & Indian War was fought over control of this region.
  10. 24. Known originally for his depiction of the Boston Massacre, this man became most famous for his "midnight ride" warning minutemen that British soldiers were on their way to capture a patriot weapons depot in Concord, Massachusetts.
  11. 25. Final Battle of Revolution where American forces surrounded British in Virginia, forcing them to surrender after failing to receive reinforcements.
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  1. 1. Written to King George III and ratified July 5, 1775, this document was the Continental Congress' final attempt to make peace with Great Britain.
  2. 3. Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army throughout the Revolutionary War.
  3. 5. Revolutionary War Battle most famous for Washington crossing Delaware River into New Jersey and capturing British-allied Hessian mercenaries.
  4. 7. Thomas Paine's pamphlet persuading people in the colonies to join the cause of independence from Britain.
  5. 9. Group of Boston women instrumental in maintaining American boycott of British goods.
  6. 10. British commander who surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown, ending the fighting of the Revolutionary War.
  7. 11. Americans won this 1777 New York battle, helping convince French to join the war on the side of the Americans.
  8. 12. Prompted by Benjamin Franklin, 1754 meeting of delegates from the colonies attempting to unify the different colonial militias in their fight against the French.
  9. 14. decorated Prussian military leader brought on by Washington to train Continental Army soldiers at Valley Forge.
  10. 16. Group of Massachusetts assemblymen responsible for communicating news of British actions throughout the colonies.
  11. 17. Frenchman who helped lead Continental soldiers during the Revolutionary War, became one of Washington's most trusted leaders, and persuaded France to join on the side of the Americans.
  12. 18. Pennsylvania site home to Washington's winter camp in 1777-78 where smallpox was battled and Continental Army trained by Baron von Steuben.
  13. 20. The country that came away with the most territory from the 1763 Treaty of Paris after the French & Indian War.
  14. 22. Made of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman, this group created official rationale for declaring independence from Britain.