Name _________________________________ Class ____________________ Date ______________________ Flash Card The Revolutionary Era Section 1 USING VISUAL CUES Cut out the flash cards below and study the vocabulary words for this section. Samuel Adams colonial leader who raised the cry of “no taxation without representation” proper noun Stamp Act proper noun imported law that required a government tax stamp on all legal documents, such as contracts and licenses bought from another country verb Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Differentiated Instruction Modified Worksheets and Tests Name _________________________________ Class ____________________ Date ______________________ Flash Card The Revolutionary Era Section 1 writs of assistance gave customs officers the right to search colonial homes for smuggled goods without a search warrant noun Boston Massacre incident when British soldiers fired into an angry crowd in Boston, killing innocent civilians proper noun Committees of Correspondence groups formed to spread the news of British injustices from colony to colony proper noun Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Differentiated Instruction Modified Worksheets and Tests Name _________________________________ Class ____________________ Date ______________________ Flash Card The Revolutionary Era Section 1 Intolerable Acts colonial term for the four laws passed in Parliament to punish the rebellious colonists proper noun First Continental Congress group of representatives from each colony gathered in response to the Intolerable Acts proper noun minutemen noun colonial soldiers, formed by the Continental Congress, who would be ready to resist a British attack with short notice USING VISUAL CUES Cut out the flash cards below and study the vocabulary words for this section. Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Differentiated Instruction Modified Worksheets and Tests Name _________________________________ Class ____________________ Date ______________________ Flash Card The Revolutionary Era Section 1 Second Continental Congress second group of representatives from each colony who formed the Continental Army and issued a national currency proper noun Thomas Jefferson member of the Second Continental Congress proper noun Continental Army army formed by the Second Continental Congress; led by George Washington proper noun Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Differentiated Instruction Modified Worksheets and Tests Name _________________________________ Class ____________________ Date ______________________ Flash Card The Revolutionary Era Section 1 John Adams colonial leader; suggested choosing George Washington to lead the Continental Army proper noun Battle of Bunker Hill first major battle of the Revolutionary War; gave the colonists confidence even though the British won proper noun Loyalist colonists who remained loyal to Britain proper noun Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Differentiated Instruction Modified Worksheets and Tests Name _________________________________ Class ____________________ Date ______________________ Flash Card The Revolutionary Era Section 1 differentiate make a distinction between verb philosophy set of ideas noun Thomas Paine British journalist who was a powerful voice speaking out for independence; wrote Common Sense, which condemned monarchy and George III proper noun Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Differentiated Instruction Modified Worksheets and Tests Name _________________________________ Class ____________________ Date ______________________ Flash Card The Revolutionary Era Section 1 Common Sense influential pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that called for a declaration of independence proper noun Virginia Declaration of Rights document issued by the Virginia Convention of Delegates that was the first official call for American independence proper noun Abigail Adams wife of John Adams; wrote letters to her husband throughout the Revolutionary War and during the early years of the new American republic proper noun Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Differentiated Instruction Modified Worksheets and Tests Name _________________________________ Class ____________________ Date ______________________ Flash Card The Revolutionary Era Section 1 USING VISUAL CUES Cut out the flash cards below and study the vocabulary words for this section. Redcoats British army; term comes from their red uniforms proper noun prospects expectations for the future noun Battle of Saratoga battle that is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War proper noun Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Differentiated Instruction Modified Worksheets and Tests Name _________________________________ Class ____________________ Date ______________________ Flash Card The Revolutionary Era Section 1 location where General Washington and his troops spent the winter of 1777-1778; a low point of the Revolution Valley Forge proper noun situation in which paper money loses value and prices soar inflation noun Marquis de Lafayette 20-year-old French noble who was like a son to General Washington; his help became crucial in the outcome of the war proper noun USING VISUAL CUES Cut out the flash cards below and study the vocabulary words for this section. Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Differentiated Instruction Modified Worksheets and Tests Name _________________________________ Class ____________________ Date ______________________ Flash Card The Revolutionary Era Section 1 George Rogers Clark pioneer on the western frontier in Kentucky who led a small force of Americans in important victories in the area north and west of the Ohio River proper noun Nathanael Greene American commander in North Carolina proper noun Charles Cornwallis British commander who surrendered at Yorktown proper noun Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Differentiated Instruction Modified Worksheets and Tests Name _________________________________ Class ____________________ Date ______________________ Flash Card The Revolutionary Era Section 1 Count de Rochambeau French general who led French troops in America against the British proper noun Bernardo de Gálvez Spanish governor of Louisiana who attacked British forts on the Mississippi and along the gulf Coast in West Florida proper noun Battle of Yorktown American victory that, in effect, ended the war proper noun Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. Differentiated Instruction Modified Worksheets and Tests Name _________________________________ Class ____________________ Date ______________________ Flash Card The Revolutionary Era Section 1 Treaty of Paris agreement in 1783 in which Britain formally recognized the United States as an independent nation proper noun Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. 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