Name_______________________________________ Period_______________ Date ______________
STAAR Review Part 2: The American Revolution/Articles of
Confederation/Confederation Period (1775-1789)
1. The American Revolution began in April 1775 with the battles at ______________________________.
2. The _________________________________ in New York was the turning point in the American
Revolution because the outcome of this battle convinced France to sign a treaty of alliance with the
United States and to enter the war on behalf of the United States.
3. The _______________________________________ in Virginia ended with the surrender of General
Cornwallis’ British army after he was defeated by the combined French and American armies. This was
the last major battle of the American Revolution.
4. The _______________________________________ marked the official end of the American
Revolution with Britain recognizing the independence of the newly formed United States.
5. ____________________________________ was the slave who received permission from his master to
enlist and serve under the Marquis de Lafayette during the Revolutionary War. He worked as a spy in
Cornwallis’ camp and provided critical information which helped to defeat Cornwallis and his army.
6. ______________________________________ was the first well-known U. S. Naval fighter during the
Revolutionary War known for saying, “I have not yet begun to fight!” His ship was the Bonhomme
Richard. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
7. _____________________________________ was a Spanish governor who aided the colonies in their
fight for independence by leading Spanish armies to fight against the British in Florida.
8. _____________________________________ was a playwright who used her pen to ridicule British
officials in her plays. She published the first history of the Revolution written by a woman.
9. ____________________________ was the ruler of England during the American Revolution.
10. _________________________ was the African American teacher, patriot, and soldier in the American
Revolution who was also a member of the Committee of Safety and rode all night to warn of the British
invasion much like Paul Revere.
11. ___________________________________ was dedicated to the rights of women as well as AfricanAmericans. Her correspondence sheds light on life in the 18th century. When her husband was appointed
to the committee to prepare a formal declaration of independence, she urged her husband to “Remember
the ladies.”
12. ____________________________ was the site of a grueling winter suffered by George Washington and
his troops during the Revolutionary War. Food, clothing and shelter were sparse in the Pennsylvania
setting.
13. __________________________________________ was a Polish Jew who immigrated to the colony of
New York prior to the Revolutionary War and became a member of the Sons of Liberty. He was
responsible for raising money to keep the Continental army and the fight for independence going.
14. _________________________________ was the author of Common Sense which led to the writing of
the Declaration of Independence.
15. __________________________________ was a Virginia statesman and patriot who famously made the
statement, “Give me liberty or give me death!”
16. ______________________________________ from Philadelphia was a statesman, diplomat to France
during the Revolution, a printer, and inventor. He signed both the Declaration of Independence and the
U. S. Constitution.
17. _________________________________ was a French army officer who voluntarily served with the
Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was an aide de camp for General Washington.
18. ___________________________________ served as the commander of the Continental Army during
the Revolution, as president of the Constitutional Convention, and as our nation’s first President.
19. The ____________________________________________ was adopted on July 4, 1776, and was
written by Thomas Jefferson. It contains these words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” THESE ARE RIGHTS ONE HAS AS A
RESULT OF BEING HUMAN.
20. _________________________________ was a European Enlightenment philosopher who said that
government is a social contract with limited powers and has obligations to its creators. He had a major
influence on the writings of Thomas Jefferson in his writing of the Declaration of Independence.
21. The ____________________________________________ was our nation’s first constitution. It
provided a very weak central government with no executive or judicial branches and the government it
created dealt with the financing of the war and negotiated the alliance treaty with France.
22. The ___________________________________ was the most significant legislation during the
confederation period and was passed in 1787. It provided a means by which new states could enter the
Union with equal rights and privileges of already existing states. It settled a conflict among the states
over conflicting claims to western lands.
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23. __________________________________ was a rebellion of farmers in western Massachusetts who
were protesting property taxes. This led to the realization the federal government needed to be
restricted.
Bernardo Galvez
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Paine
Northwest Ordinance
King George III
Articles of Confederation
Abigail Adams
John Locke
TERMS
Lexington and Concord
Valley Forge
Wentworth Cheswell
Haym Solomon
Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Patrick Henry
Shay’s Rebellion
John Paul Jones
George Washington
Lafayette
Battle of Saratoga
Mercy Otis Warren
James Armistead
Benjamin Franklin