Study Questions: Revolutionary War

1) What rebel leaders does Paul Revere ride at midnight to warn?
2) In detail, describe how the battle of Concord looked?
3) Why was the Revolutionary War the most important event in U.S. History?
4) How many cities over 10,000 where there in America at the time of the Revolution?
5) Describe the country before the Revolutionary War? Why might not we, in the 21st century, recognize it?
6) Why was James Otis important?
7) What was Samuel Adams known for?
8) Describe the Patriotic Leaders.
9) What percent of the population, according to John Adams, wanted liberty?
10) Discuss how the events of the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party lead to the Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War Notes:

You need to know the importance of the following:

1763 - The Proclamation Act of 1763
1764- Sugar Act
1765 - Stamp Act
1767 - Townshend Act
1770 - Boston Massacre
1773 - Tea Act
1773- Boston Tea Pary
1774 - Intolerable Acts

1st and 2nd Continental Congress

April 1775 - Lexington and Concord

People: Sam Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Ben Franklin.

Things to Know for History Test

French and Indian War


* What are the reasons the war starts and spreads to become a world war?
*What are the reasons the French lost?
*How does the British turn the tide of the War?
* What are the results of the war?
* How did the war begin?
*What was George Washington's role in the war and how did it prepare him for the Revolution?
* Why were the following people important:
Edward Braddock, Half-King, Marquis de Montcalm, James Wolfe, General Forbes, William Pitt.
* Discuss the Native Indians role and importance in the war. What battles did they fight in? How did they change the power structure? What agenda did they have?
* The French and Indian war begin over what area of land?
* Why did the Native Americans take captives? Was this an effective practice?

Early Colonial Period

Discuss the importance of the following in helping create America.

John Peter Zenger
Salem Witch Trials
Jonathan Edwards and The Great Awakening
King Phillips War
The Massacre at Mystic
Iroquois Confederacy

How does Benjamin Franklin symbolize early America?
How does religious freedom, slavery and self-government shape the 13 colonies.
Be able to list the colonies in order of their establishment with their dates.
How did the Southern colonies differ from the Northern colonies (think origin, economic differences, religion)
How did tobacco change the course of America?
Discuss the rise of self-government (think in particular the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut). How is this self-government seen during the French and Indian War? How does it affect the war?
Discuss the following people: John Smith, John Rolfe, William Bradford, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, William Penn, John Winthrop, John Wheelwright.

Pre-Colonial War

How did the crusades change Europe and lead to the exploration of the new world?
How did Columbus change America?
Discuss the following people: Ferdinand Magellan, Hernan Cortes, Samuel de Champlain, Henry Hudson, Francis Drake, Jacques Cartier.

Questions for PART III: The French and Indian War

1) How did the French and Indian War turn into a World Conflict? How did this affect North America?
2) How do the British treat Washington when he asks for a Royal Commission? Why do they turn him down?
3) How doe Pitt's policies change the colonists attitudes toward the war?
4) Describe the Battle of Ticonderoga?
5) What was the western supply post for the French? How did it fall?
6) Why is the St. Lawrence River important?
7) What are the reasons the natives leave the French side?
8) Why do the Virginians (under Washington) and the Pennsylvanians clash over Forge's road? What does this say about the colonies?
9) Pittsburg is named after who?
10) How do you feel about George Washington and his participation in the French and Indian War? Why?

Study Questions for PART II of The French and Indian War

1) Why do only the Mohawk agree to fight with General Johnson?
2) What are the results of the Battle of Lake George?
3) For what purposes did the Native Americans take captive? (List three)
4) Why is the story of Mary Jemison presented? What purpose does it serve?
5) Do you agree with Washington's disciplinary practices on deserters? Why or why not?
6) Who is Montcalm and why doesn't he like the Natives?
7) What are the Native Americans code of honor? How does this differ from the Europeans' Code of War?
8) Discuss the culture clash that happens at Fort William Henry.

French and Indian War

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U.S. History QUESTIONS

1) Why is George Washington partially responsible for the start of the French and Indian War?
2) Who was Half-King?
3) Why did Half-King murder/massacre the French?
4) Who was in the right? The French, The English or The Native Americans?