■Essential Question:
–What are the major political,
economic, & social themes of
the American Revolution?
■Warm-Up Question:
–Prepare for
unit 2 review
game
(“intergalactic
death
match”)
Unit 2 Review
■Each group will be presented a
prompt & will list as many correct
answers as possible (unless a cap
is provided) within 1 minute
■Groups earn 1 point per correct
response; If any part of the
response is incorrect, teams
receive no points for that round
■The winning group earns 105,
others earn 100, 95, 90, 85…
Prompt #1
Identify 3 important facts
about the Albany Congress
Albany Congress
■ Meeting in 1754 to discuss Indian attacks on
western frontier
■ Reveals a common colonial problem
■ Ben Franklin proposes Albany Plan of Union—
a continental army funded by colonial taxes
■ Rejected by colonial assemblies; Don’t want to
pay for it & don’t trust other colonies to direct
the army
■ Rejected by Parliament
(too much power)
■ Revealed lack of colonial
unity before F&I War
Prompt #2
Identify 3 causes
&
3 effects of the
French & Indian War
French & Indian War
■Causes:
■Effects:
– Imperial
–France lost its North
competition
American colonies & India
(England v
–Spain gained lands west of
France)
Miss
River
– Colonial
expansion into –Britain gained lands east of
the Ohio River
Miss River, Florida, India, &
Valley
the West Indian slave trade
– Washington’s
–British war debts
attack on Fort
–End
of
salutary
neglect
&
Duquesne
rise of parliamentary sov
Prompt #3
Identify the following
1.
2.
3.
4.
William Pitt
Declaratory Act (1766)
Circular Letter (1767)
First Continental Congress
(1774)
5. Second Continental Congress
(1775-1777)
6. Prohibitory Act (1775)
1. William Pitt—PM during French & Indian War
whose “blank check” led to British win & debts
2. Declaratory Act—reasserted Parl Sovereignty
after the Stamp Act was repealed
3. Circular Letter—sent by MA legislature to
encourage boycotting Townshend Acts; led to
dissolution of the MA assembly
4. 1St Continental Congress—met to protest
Intolerable Acts & find ways to support Boston
5. Prohibitory Act—British restrictions of trade,
blocked ports, hired Hessians in response to
2nd Continental Congress
6. 2nd Continental Congress—formed colonial
army under Washington after Lex/Concord
Prompt #4
Identify 5 revenue taxes
imposed by England
Revenue Taxes
■ Sugar Act
■ Stamp Act
■ Currency Act
■ Quartering Acts
■ “Grenville Acts”
■ Townshend Acts
■ (Tea Act of 1773 was not a revenue tax)
Prompt #5
Name 6 examples of
“Parliamentary Sovereignty”
imposed upon the colonies
before the revolution
“Parliamentary Sovereignty”
■ Proclamation Line of 1763
■ Sugar, Stamp, Currency, Quartering Acts
(“Grenville Acts”, 1764-65)
■ Declaratory Act (1766)
■ Townshend Acts (1767)
■ Dissolved the MA colonial assembly (1767)
■ Intolerable (Coercive) Acts (1774)
■ Quebec Act (1774)
■ Prohibitory Act (1775)
Prompt #6
Identify 5 cause & effect
relationships, 1763-1776
(“Event X” led to “Reaction Y”)
■ F&I War → British debts; Revenue taxes
■ Sugar Act → “no taxation w/out rep” but no
mass protest
■ Stamp Act → Stamp Act Congress; boycotts,
Sons of Liberty formed
■ Boycotts → Repeal of Stamp/Townshend Acts
■ Circular Letter → No more MA assembly
■ Tea Act, 1773 → Boston Tea Party
■ Boston Tea Party → Intolerable/Coercive Acts
■ Intolerable Acts → 1st CC & Suffolk Resolves
■ Lex/Concord → Am. Rev, 2nd CC, Cont Army
■ Continental Army → Prohibitory Act
■ Common Sense → Dec of Independence
Prompt #7
Name 3 military advantages
each of the British &
colonial armies during the
American Revolution
Military Advantages
■British:
■Colonial:
– 400% bigger army
–Defensive strategy
(lots of Hessians)
(Don’t have to “win”)
– Best navy
–Fighting for liberty &
independence
– Manufacturing base
for war supplies
–Knowledge of terrain
– More experienced
–Short supply lines
generals
–Alliance with France
– A stronger alliance
(help from Spain)
with local Indians
–Militias could
– Control of most
intimidate loyalists
American cities
–Guerilla attacks
– Better funded
Prompt #8
Identify the following
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Significance of Lexington/Concord
Significance of Saratoga
Significance of Yorktown
Olive Branch Petition
“General Pardon”
Marquis de Lafayette
Valley Forge, PA
1. Lex/Concord—1st battle of the Am Rev
2. Saratoga—“turning point”; French alliance
3. Yorktown—Cornwallis’ surrender; End of war
4. Olive Branch Petition—rejected request by 2nd
CC (1775) to king to return to salutary neglect
5. General Pardon—In 1776, General Howe
allowed colonists to swear an oath to the king
& avoid prosecution; thousands did
6. Lafayette—Frenchman who assisted
Washington during the Revolution
7. Valley Forge—winter fort for continental army;
American troops faced starvation
Prompt #9
Identify 3 changes &
3 continuities
in America from
1763 to 1783
Changes:
1. Salutary neglect → parl. sovereignty
2. British colonies → independent states
3. Lack of colonial unity → unified “patriots”
4. Spanish lost Florida → Spanish regained FL
5. British control of Ohio Valley → American
Continuities:
1. Self-govt was democratic but legislatures were
controlled by the elite land owners
2. Slavery remained in place
3. Patriarchal society
4. Gap between rich & poor was wide
5. Britain was still the dominant trade partner
6. Regions had different economies, cultures
Prompt #10
Name 3 impacts of
“Salutary Neglect”
on the American colonies
before the revolution
Salutary Neglect
■ Formation of colonial assemblies
■ Ability of colonies to create their own laws/taxes
■ More democracy in the colonies than in Britain
■ Relaxed emigration policy led to rapid
population growth
■ Regional diversity among the colonies because
colonists, not the king, could dictate the
“personality” of their colony
■ “Free trade” until the Navigation Acts of 1660
■ Weak royal governors (paid by assemblies)
■ Precedent for democratic self-gov’t that would
allow for a republican form of gov’t after 1783