Name ________KEY_______________________________ Test Date ____Feb 6-7_______
American Revolution Study Guide
1. In order to maintain control of the colonies in America, England wanted to remain a
____world____ power.
2. The two main reasons that England began taxing the colonies were to pay for the
_
French and Indian War and to keep
British __soldiers (troops)____ in the colonies.
3. The ___Stamp_Act__ taxed colonists for paper and all printed materials in the colonies.
4. The ____Quartering Act
British troops in the colonies.
required the colonists to provide food and shelter for the
5. The colonists were unhappy with England because they had no representation in
_____Parliament____.
6. The ____Proclamation of 1763________________ hampered the colonists from
settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
7. The two men that led the Boston tea Party were ____Samuel Adams________ and
_Paul Revere______.
8. The _____Intolerable Acts_______ were punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
9. The Battle of __Lexington_____ and ____Concord___ is where the Revolutionary
War began.
10. The Declaration of Independence gives people certain __unalienable ______
rights. They are __life______, ________liberty__________ and
__pursuit of happiness____.
11. The government derives its power from the _____people_____________.
12. According to the Declaration of Independence it is your right and duty to
_
change or abolish________ a government that violates your rights.
People of the American Revolution
13. __King George III___________ British king during Revolutionary War.
14. __Patrick Henry____________
known for his “…give me liberty or give me
death” speech.
15. __Charles Cornwallis_______ _
the British general who surrendered at
Yorktown.
16. ___George Washington______
the commander of the Continental Army.
17. ___Thomas Jefferson________
the author of the Declaration of
Independence.
18. ____Thomas Paine__________
wrote “Common Sense.”
19. ____Paul Revere____________ rode on horseback to warn the colonists of the
arrival of the British.
20. ___Benjamin Franklin________ prominent member of Continental Congress that
helped frame the Declaration of Independence and
helped gain French support for American independence
21. ____John Adams____________ member of Continental Congress from
Massachusetts that championed the cause for
American Independence.
22. __Phillis Wheatley___________ a former slave who wrote poems and plays
about American Independence
Key Events of the American Revolution
23.
Boston Massacre
when colonists were shot after taunting
British soldiers in Boston.
24.
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led Patriots
in throwing tea into the Boston Harbor to protest
the tax on ____?_____.
25.
July 4, 1776
the date when the colonies declared their
independence from England
26. _______Battle of Saratoga________
the turning point of the American
Revolution.
27.
Why was this battle (#26) known as the
turning point of the war?
France & Spain became our allies
and helped us in the war
28.
Battle of Yorktown
the final battle of the Revolutionary War
29.
Treaty of Paris
Great Britain officially recognized American
independence with the signing of this document
30.
1st Continental Congress
the meeting where delegates met to
discuss problems with England and to promote
independence
31.
32.
Common Sense
Battle of Lexington & Concord
Thomas Paine’s pamphlet that convinced
the neutralists to join the Patriot cause
The Battle of that is known as “The Shot
Heard ‘round the World.”
33. List the following events in the order that they occurred. (Number the events from 1-8)
___4____ Lexington and Concord
____6___ Saratoga
___8____ Treaty of Paris
____1___ Boston Massacre
___2____ Boston Tea Party
____3___ First Continental Congress
___7__
____5___ Declaration of Independence
Yorktown
34. The colonies were able to defeat the British because of these advantages
A. ___ Strong leadership
B. ____Support from France and Spain__________________
C. ____Colonists’ defense of their own land, principles, and beliefs________
D.
Over a century of self-rule
35. Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-
evident that all men are __created equal________.”
Proclamation
of 1763
36
Stamp Act
37
Boston
Massacre
38
Boston
Tea Party
39
Lexington
&
Concord
Battle
of
Saratoga
45
Treaty
of
Paris
First
Continental
Congress
43
Battle
of
Yorktown
Declaration
Of
Independence
41
44
42
40
SOL Flashback Questions
46. __Parliament________________ controlled trade between the American colonies
and other countries.
47. __Colonial governors____________ monitored the colonial legislatures and
enforced English laws.
48. The Mid-Atlantic region specialized in the production of ___grain__________ and
the raising of _____livestock_____________________________.
49. Europeans had a positive impact in North America when they brought new
_technology such as weapons and metal farm tools to the American Indians__.
50. __France___________ relied on fur trapping and selling furs at trading posts.
(European Country)
51. Inland port cities grew in the Midwest along the ____Great Lakes_____________.
52. The Rocky Mountains contains the ___Continental Divide______________________,
which determines the directional flow of rivers.
53. The ___Gulf of Mexico______________________ provided the French and Spanish
with exploration routes to Mexico and other parts of the Americas.