History T2

what compromise permitted descendants of church members to be admitted as members with the full privileges, except for participation in communion

when and where did the Great Awakening begin

sermon preached by Gilbert Tennent exposed the damage done by the preaching of unconverted ministers

Jonathan Edward's most famous sermon

Greatest thinker America has ever produced

George Whitefield preach how many sermons publicly

most powerful English voice of the great awakening

first black female writer in America

Best known missionary to the Indians

what war broke out between England and France in 1754

Benjamin Franklin's proposed plan for union of the colonies

became England's prime Minister in 1757

what treaty concluded the French and Indian War 

When?

Acts by parliament established between 1650-1696 to establish a mercantile policy for the colonies

most important British agency established in the British colonies

What theory states a colony exists for the benefit for the benefit for the Mother Country

who became king of England in 1760

which act cut in half the tax on raw sugar

the most hated act

who established the Sons of Liberty

the young Irishman in Parliament who defended the position of the colonies

The three most important colleges created during the Great Awakening

1763

Stood up against the sugar act

Act that declared colonies subordinate to England; Parliament had power to pass laws on colonies for all matters

who wrote "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies"

"give me liberty or give me death"

Acts passed by parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party

group of acts passed in 1767 that attempted to control taxes on colonists

new prime minister of England in 1770

name of the British ship burned by the colonists in 1772

what was established 1774

"shot heard 'round the world"

Boston silver smith that rode through the night to warn his countrymen that the British were coming

who captured the British stronghold Fort Ticonderoga

first major battle of the War for Independence

president of the Second Continental Congress

cammander and chief of the army appointed by the continental congress

what fort was captured by the Green Mountain Boys

General who originally led troops in Boston

which act stopped all trade with the colonies

who wrote Common Sense

Who led the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

who wrote Commentaries on the laws of England 

who proposed a resolution for independence

what group of people were apposed to Independence

who proved to be America's most valued ally for the War for Independence

French aid to general Washington

who was the Prussian drill master

the Polish Jew financier

Congress appointed super intendant of finance in 1781

what was the turning point in America's War for Independence

which three British officers were supposed to meet at Albany, New York

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"

Who was known as the "Swamp Fox"

Who was known as the "Fighting Game Cock"

who was known as the "Fighting Quaker"

brave captain of the Bonhomme Richard that said "I have not yet begun to fight"

what victory meant triumph for the patriot cause and where Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington

what treaty ended the War for Independence

General who conquered Philadelphia

who won the Battle of Oriskany

what did the British call the French and Indian War

Patriot Leader that captured forts Kaskaskia and Vincennes

American War Hero who seized two forts along stony point on the Hudson River

surrendered to General Horatio Gates at Saratoga

name for the German mercenaries hired by King George III to fight colonists