CCA 2 Review2015-16

1. _ After Thomas Paine writes Common Sense, what day was Independence declared from England? 2. _ _ Paying taxes on paper, wills and government documents falls under what act? 3. What battle was the turning point? Why?

July 4, 1776

Stamp Act

Saratoga – the Patriot victory convinced France they could win, leading to an alliance

4. ___________________ The actions of people who decide to band together to break an unjust law in order to protest it and get it changed (term). The Boston Tea Party was an example of it. 5. _________ ______ Commander of the Continental Army 6. ________________ During the war, __?__ usually served by cooking, laundry, nursing or caring for children. 

__civil disobedience__

George Washington

Women

7. ______________ __ Wrote Patriotic plays and poems about individual rights and independence. 8.________ ____ In the winter of 1777 and 1778, Washington and his army were camped in this Pennsylvania town. What were conditions like? 9. _______________Which country/countries provided financial support once they felt the Patriots could defeat the British?

___Mercy Otis Warren

____Valley Forge

France and Spain____

10. _______________This naval patriot captured the English ship Serapis and is quoted as saying, “I have not yet begun to fight”. 11. _________________ last battle of the revolution. Who surrendered to General Washington there in 1781? 12. _________________The colonists having to pay high taxes to England on imports like sugar falls under the theory of ____ (where colonies benefit the mother country). 

____John Paul Jones______

Yorktown_

mercantilism

14. _________________ Another word for complaint- these are listed in the Declaration of Independence. Look at some examples. 15. ______________________ Spanish governor of the Louisiana Territory agreed to ally with the Patriots and organized his troops to attack the British along the southeast and Mississippi River. 17. _________________________________________your unalienable rights that are listed in the Declaration of Independence.

grievance

__Bernardo de Galvez___

_life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness__

18. ___________________This Virginian had no fear declaring Independence from England, which he makes known in speeches to the House of Burgesses. “Give me Liberty or Give me Death!” 19. ________________________This Patriot helped raised money and funded a major part of the war. 20. ________________________Nickname of Francis Marion, because of his stealth and lightning speed in carrying out guerrilla warfare in the South 

___Patrick Henry______

__Haym Salomon________

__Swamp Fox_____

21. ______________________________This French soldier was interested in the American Revolution because he believed in the ideas they were fighting for, became one of Washington’s most trusted aids.

 22. _____________________ The 3rd Amendment was a direct result of King George allowing the ___ of soldiers, which was listed as a grievance in the Declaration of Independence.

 23._______________________Treaty that ended the war. List the terms of the treaty

__Marquis de Lafayette____

quartering_

__Treaty of Paris, 1783____

Britain recognized America’s independenceSet America’s borders - Britain gave up land between Appalachians and Mississippi River (doubling size)Britain could collect on debts from before war Continental Congress would try to get states to return confiscated Loyalist propertyBritish would remove troops from American territory

24.Name the state the event took place in___1777-1778____- Valley Forge, _1775___- Lexington and Concord, _1781____- Yorktown, ___1777___- Saratoga

25 __________________________: German drill instructor at Valley Forge

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26. ______________________Trying to encourage recruiting and to keep fighting, Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet “Summer soldiers and sunshine patriots” refers to:

Who did Paine say would be thanked for winning the war?

_Baron von Steuben____

The Crisis_____

people who joined but quit when it got difficult

Those who stayed and fought despite difficulties

27.____________________________date the Declaration of Independence was adopted  28. ______________________: colonial spy posing as a teacher – “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” 29. _____________________: author of Declaration of Independence. 

_____July 4, 1776_____

__Nathan Hale____

_Thomas Jefferson________

30. __________________________: Lafayette’s slave who served as a spy31. _______________________: African American alarm rider32. List actions taken by the First Continental Congress:

_James Armistead_______

_Wentworth Cheswell_______

Banned all trade with Great Britain Called upon colonies

to set up militiasSent Declaration of

RightsAgreed to meet again in 7

months

33. List actions taken by the Second Continental Congress:Appointed Washington commander-in-chief of Continental Army

Sent Olive Branch Petition

Declared independence

 

34. Why was Common Sense so important? Who wrote it?

 35. At which battle were Patriots warned to wait to shoot until the enemy was in range, due to lack of ammunition and poor range on weapons?

Thomas Paine wrote it before independence was declared; convinced many to support the movement for independence

Bunker Hill – first major battle