1.Militia, are forces that are called upon in an _______________. 1-10

2.Early Colonial troops varied in ____________ and discipline and many had to supply themselves. 1-30 & 32

3.In early America, our government held a policy of Isolationism, which meant ____ ______________ in the affairs of other nations. 1-13

4.During wars, a series of battles that take place usually in a geographical area that make up a phase of war is known as a ________________. 1-14

5.After the Revolutionary war, the British Navy harassed American ships, sizing the cargo and using ________ ____________ to make American crews serve in the British Navy. This practice was called to _________ into the British Navy. 1-30

6.During the Revolutionary War, British forces lived in _____________ otherwise known as military posts. 1-11

7.The ____________ of the Colonies were those who live in a territory enjoying the protection of it and owing allegiance to that power. 1-10

8.The soldiers in the Colonies had different rank and one would be ______________ to another if they were occupying a position of lower rank. 1-16

9.The process by which a civilian is admitted into the military service is called _______________. This usually requires that the applicant take an _______. 1-24

10.The Boston Tea Party was an example of ___________________which demonstrated an act of _____________ against the government or civil authority. 1-30

11.The first death at the beginning of the Revolutionary War was when _____________________ was killed during a confrontation between angry Bostonians, and a group of British soldiers. This was known as the __________ ____________. 1-14

12.The _______________ Act required that citizens open their homes to troops. 1-12

13.Name three methods of communication used during the Revolutionary War.

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14.The standard weapon used by the Colonists were large _______bore muskets that were difficult to ______ and had a short ___________. 1-18

15.The British infantry weapon was nicknamed the __________ __________ and although the maximum range was 250 yards, it was extremely ____________________, with a rate of fire of about ___ rounds per _______. 1-18

16._____________________ invented the cotton gin but was most famous for making interchangeable parts for weapons. This new method allowed weapons to be ______ produced and for repairs to be __________. 1-29

17.________ ___________ produced the first commercially successful steamboat called the __________________. 1-29

18.The Treaty of _________ marked the end of the Revolutionary War and established the boundaries of the new nation. These boundaries included the _____________ river to the west, the _____________ Ocean to the east, _____________ to the north, and ________________ to the south. 1-25

19.The newly formed Colonies of America were brought into the war of 1812 because they could not defend their shipping across the Atlantic Ocean because America did not have a strong ________. 1-30

20.During the War of 1812 the Americans again found themselves fighting the _______ _______. 1-30

21.The Battle of Baltimore was a well known battle because during the siege of Fort McHenry the lyrics of the ____________ ____________ was written by a Lawyer named ___________ __________ ______. CD

22.The Battle of New Orleans actually took place ________ the war had ended, because _________________ was so slow. 1-34

23.The Treaty of ________ marked the end of the War of 1812. The British returned all occupied __________________ back to America. 1-35

24.After the War of 1812, the American defensive forces were make up of ________ _________ _________________. 1-35

25.The War of 1812 was the final episode of America’s fight for ___________ from its mother country Britain. 1-35 & notes