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Pre Rev. War and Revolutionary War Review

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  • Who won the battle at Moores Creek Bridge?
    Patriots
  • Who was the tax collector beaten in the street?
    Edmund Fanning
  • Which NC group was opposed to taxation without representation?
    Regulators
  • Which battle was coined 'The shot heard 'round the World'?
    Lexington and Concord
  • What was NC's first written declaration to separate from Britain?
    Mecklenburg Resolves
  • Name 2 important people who drafted the Declaration of Independence
    John Adams Thomas Jefferson Ben Franklin Roger Sherman Robert Livingston
  • What percentage of NC's population was slaves at the time of the Revolutionary war?
    25%
  • What is it called when military members are given permission to serve as the judicial branch in any given circumstance?? (suspension of civil law)
    Martial law
  • What were the soldiers nicknamed who could mobilize very quickly?
    Minutemen
  • What was NC's second written declaration of independence from Britain?
    Halifax resolves
  • What ended the French and Indian war?
    Treaty of Paris
  • Which 2 parties were involved in the French and Indian war? Which direction were they moving?
    British - west, French - South
  • Where did African Americans relocate to following the Rev. war? (3 places)
    Canada, Britain, Sierra Leone
  • Who rode through the night to warn of the British encroachment?
    Paul Revere
  • Name 3 taxes/acts imposed on colonists prior to the Revolutionary War starting
    stamp act, tea act, townshend acts, quartering acts, poll tax
  • Who funded the French and Indian War?
    William Pitt
  • Where (or why) did the French and Indian war conflict begin?
    Dispute over Ohio River Valley
  • What forbade settlement west of Appalachian mtns.?
    Proclamation of 1763
  • What is a Tory?
    ...
  • What battle was the first one led by George Washington?
    Battle of Jumonville
  • Name the 13 Colonies pre American Revolution
    ...
  • Who were 2 of the famous Black soldiers that NC recognizes?
    John Chavis and Johnathon Overton
  • How many of the Colonies initally formed the continental congress in PA?
    12 of 13
  • What 'freed' slaves who were willing to fight for the crown?
    Lord Dunmore's proclamation
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