See more
What was the response to the Townshend Acts?
In response to the Townshend Acts, merchants re-instituted non-importation agreements;colonists boycotted British goods and circulated lists --- published in newspapers and broadsides ---- with signatories pledging not to buy British goods; and women formed what, to make homespun clothing for their families?
What was the name of the city that the British attacked in 1776?
In 1776, the largest expeditionary force in British history arrived in New York, where the British launched an attack on Brooklyn and Manhattan, resulting in severe loses for the Continental Army; however, gen. Washington successfully launched a surprise attack at Trenton on Christmas Day by ferrying a few thousand men across what river under the cover of night?
What was the name of the new nation state created by the Revolution?
The Revolution created a new nation state -- the United States of America -- freed colonists from British rule, and sparked the age of what type of revolution, with revolutions following in France, Haiti, and South America?
How did the colonies combat the Stamp Act?
Colonies combated the Stamp Act by passing anti-Stamp Act resolutions in their assemblies in 1765, which led to the creation of what in New York City, from which colonists issued a "Declaration of Rights and Grievances", proclaiming their allegiance to the King and Parliament and their rights as Native Britons?
What was the impact of the Jay's Treaty on the French Navy?
U.S. passage of Jay's Treaty spurred the French Navy to attack U.S. shipping, prompting President John Adams, who was elected U.S. President in 1796, to send diplomats to France in 1797, from whom French diplomats demanded a bribe before negotiating, which angered Americans, resulting in an international incident known as what?
What did the Patriots do in response to the Intolerable Acts?
In response to the Intolerable Acts, patriots in Massachusetts seized control of local and county governments and courts, and all colonies except which one formed Committees of Correspondence and extra-legal assemblies in 1774?
What was the name of the treaty that the French and British fought in?
In 1777, the Continental Army defeated the British at Saratoga, New York, which convinced the French to sign the Treaty of Amity and Commerce in February 1778, which turned the colonial rebellion into a global war when fighting between the British and French broke out in Europe and in what nation?
