Revolutionary War Questions

1) What rebel leaders does Paul Revere ride at midnight to warn?
He was an alarm rider, and it took him in the same direction that the British were going to march. He awoke every house until he go to Lexington where he found the friend he wished to warn.

2) In detail, describe how the battle of Concord looked?
The minute men were formed, 77 of the militia men and the minute men were ready to fight in Concord rather then Lexington, Someone fired a shot and the war was started, 8 colonists dies and 2 were wounded and none of the British were wounded. Militia Men and minutemen killed British soldiers on the Concord Bridge, but the real fight started on the way back to Boston. The British were fired on from all sides and the number of the Colonists were increasing while the British was decreasing.

3) Why was the Revolutionary War the most important event in U.S. History?
It not only legally created the nation in 1776 it formed the belief in freedom. It was the War of Americans independence and it also forms the aspects of how we are today. All of the wonderful attributes about the United States are represented in the Revolutionary war.

4) How many cities over 10,000 where there in America at the time of the Revolution?
4

5) Describe the country before the Revolutionary War? Why might not we, in the 21st century, recognize it?
It was completely wooded, the land was cheap and there was a lot of it. Spread out. Everything was next to the water.

6) Why was James Otis important?
Imposed taxes, his writings were the inspiration for john Adams and Sam Adams. He was the closest thing they had to a revolutionist. He inspired John Adams with his writing.

7) What was Samuel Adams known for?
Wanted to make it to the top of the political economic latter. Started a group called the Sons of Liberty.

8) Describe the Patriotic Leaders.
They did whatever they wanted and all they wanted. They were very ambitious and wanted to win.

9) What percent of the population, according to John Adams, wanted liberty?
Like 1/3 of the population.

10) Discuss how the events of the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party lead to the Revolutionary War.
The Boston Massacre was just a way to get more people on the colonists side. They Provoked the British to fire, which made them look bad. And British soldiers were removed from Boston. The Boston Tea Party Just made both parties extremely angry and kind of triggered the war because Britain wanted to fight back