ReTest Review Causes of the Revolution Bundle 3 KEY
1. How did the writs of assistance work?
They allowed customs officers to search any location for smuggled goods.
2. Why did the Sugar Act anger the colonists?
It took away their right to a trial by jury. Also it was taxation without representation.
3. Why did the Townshend Acts anger the colonists?
It taxed things they couldn't make themselves.
4. What was the Boston Massacre?
A face-off between angry colonists and British soldiers. The soldiers shot into the crowd killing five
people.
5. How did the colonists use the massacre to their advantage?
They used it for propaganda to turn people against the British.
6. What were the 3 parts to the Intolerable/Coercive Acts?
It punished Boston for the Tea Party by closing Boston Harbor to business; it banned town meetings, and
brought in British soldiers.
7. What is smuggling?
Transporting goods illegally.
8. Who started the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams. It was a patriot group that protested the British
9. Who was Patrick Henry?
He was a great Orator (speaker). He led the opposition to the Stamp Act. He said, “Give Me Liberty or
Give Me Death!” He was later an outspoken Antifederalist.
10. Who was John Locke?
He was a political philosopher that challenged the theory of divine right of the king to rule. He said
government gets its power from the people. It’s a “Social Contract.” Thomas Jefferson used my ideas
when he wrote the Declaration of Independence, “Life, liberty, and property.”
11. Who was George Washington?
A member of the Continental Congress. He was leader of the Continental Army. He was later the first
president.
12. What are the British advantages in the War?
They had the strongest navy. They had a large well trained army. They had more money. They had a
bigger population.
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ReTest Review The American Revolution Bundle 4 KEY
1. Who was named the leader of the Continental Army?
George Washington
2. What is the message of Common Sense?
It was time for the colonies to separate from Britain
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Who wrote Common Sense? Thomas Paine
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson
When was the Declaration of Independence signed? July 4, 1776
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that can’t be taken away from you like: Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
7. Which battle is the turning point of the war? Saratoga
8. Why? After the Americans win at Saratoga it convinces France and Spain to join the fight against
Britain.
9. What made Valley Forge so difficult?
The troops suffered through a terrible winter. They lacked decent food, clothing, shelter, and
medicine.
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Who was a French nobleman that helped Washington? Marquis de Lafayette
What was the last major battle of the war? Yorktown, Virginia
What year was the last major battle? 1781
What ends the war?
Treaty of Paris 1783
14. Who was Wentworth Cheswell?
He fought in the American Revolution and was the first African-American elected to public office.
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