■Essential QuestionEssential Question: –What are the major political, economic, & social themes of the American Revolution?

Unit 2 Review ■Each group will be presented a

prompt & will list as many correct answers as possible (unless a cap is provided) within 1 minute

■Groups earn 1 point per correct response; If any part of the response is incorrect, teams receive no points for that round

■The winning group earns 50, others earn 45, 40, 35, 30…

Prompt #1Prompt #1Identify 3 important facts

about the Albany Congress

Albany Congress■ Meeting in 1754 to discuss Indian attacks on

western frontier■ Reveals a common colonial problem■ Ben Franklin proposes Albany Plan of Union—

a continental army funded by colonial taxes■ Rejected by colonial assemblies; Don’t want to

pay for it & don’t trust other colonies to direct the army

■ Rejected by Parliament (too much power)

■ Revealed lack of colonial unity before F&I War

Prompt #2Prompt #2 Identify 3 causes

& 3 effects of the

French & Indian War

French & Indian War■Causes:

– Imperial competition (England v France)

–Colonial expansion into the Ohio River Valley

–Washington’s attack on Fort Duquesne

■Effects:

–France lost its North American colonies & India

–Spain gained lands west of Miss River

–Britain gained lands east of Miss River, Florida, India, & the West Indian slave trade

–British war debts

–End of salutary neglect & rise of parliamentary sov

Prompt #3Prompt #3Identify the following

1. William Pitt2. Declaratory Act (1766)3. Circular Letter (1767)4. First Continental Congress

(1774)5. Second Continental Congress

(1775-1777)6. Prohibitory Act (1775)

1. William Pitt—PM during French & Indian War whose “blank check” led to British win & debts

2. Declaratory Act—reasserted Parl Sovereignty after the Stamp Act was repealed

3. Circular Letter—sent by MA legislature to encourage boycotting Townshend Acts; led to dissolution of the MA assembly

4. 1St Continental Congress—met to protest Intolerable Acts & find ways to support Boston

5. Prohibitory Act—British restrictions of trade, blocked ports, hired Hessians in response to 2nd Continental Congress

6. 2nd Continental Congress—formed colonial army under Washington after Lex/Concord

Prompt #4Prompt #4 Identify 5 revenue taxes

imposed by England

Revenue Taxes■ Sugar Act

■ Stamp Act

■ Currency Act

■ Quartering Acts

■ “Grenville Acts”

■ Townshend Acts

■ (Tea Act of 1773 was not a revenue tax)

Prompt #5Prompt #5Name 6 examples of

“Parliamentary Sovereignty” imposed upon the

colonies before the revolution

“Parliamentary Sovereignty”■ Proclamation Line of 1763■ Sugar, Stamp, Currency, Quartering Acts

(“Grenville Acts”, 1764-65)

■ Declaratory Act (1766)

■ Townshend Acts (1767)

■ Dissolved the MA colonial assembly (1767)

■ Intolerable (Coercive) Acts (1774)

■ Quebec Act (1774)

■ Prohibitory Act (1775)

Prompt #6Prompt #6 Identify 5 cause & effect relationships, 1763-1776

(“Event X” led to “Reaction Y”)

■ F&I War → British debts; Revenue taxes■ Sugar Act → “no taxation w/out rep” but no

mass protest■ Stamp Act → Stamp Act Congress; boycotts,

Sons of Liberty formed■ Boycotts → Repeal of Stamp/Townshend Acts ■ Circular Letter → No more MA assembly■ Tea Act, 1773 → Boston Tea Party■ Boston Tea Party → Intolerable/Coercive Acts■ Intolerable Acts → 1st CC & Suffolk Resolves■ Lex/Concord → Am. Rev, 2nd CC, Cont Army ■ Continental Army → Prohibitory Act ■ Common Sense → Dec of Independence

Prompt #7Prompt #7 Name 3 military advantages

each of the British & colonial armies during the American Revolution

Military Advantages■British:

–400% bigger army (lots of Hessians)

–Best navy–Manufacturing base

for war supplies–More experienced

generals–A stronger alliance

with local Indians–Control of most

American cities –Better funded

■Colonial:–Defensive strategy

(Don’t have to “win”)–Fighting for liberty &

independence–Knowledge of terrain–Short supply lines–Alliance with France

(help from Spain)–Militias could

intimidate loyalists –Guerilla attacks

Prompt #8Prompt #8 Identify the following

1. Significance of Lexington/Concord

2. Significance of Saratoga

3. Significance of Yorktown

4. Olive Branch Petition

5. “General Pardon”

6. Marquis de Lafayette

7. Valley Forge, PA

1. Lex/Concord—1st battle of the Am Rev

2. Saratoga—“turning point”; French alliance

3. Yorktown—Cornwallis’ surrender; End of war

4. Olive Branch Petition—rejected request by 2nd CC (1775) to king to return to salutary neglect

5. General Pardon—In 1776, General Howe allowed colonists to swear an oath to the king & avoid prosecution; thousands did

6. Lafayette—Frenchman who assisted Washington during the Revolution

7. Valley Forge—winter fort for continental army; American troops faced starvation

Prompt #9Prompt #9 Identify 3 changes &

3 continuities in America from

1763 to 1783

Changes: 1. Salutary neglect → parl. sovereignty2. British colonies → independent states3. Lack of colonial unity → unified “patriots”4. Spanish lost Florida → Spanish regained FL5. British control of Ohio Valley → American

Continuities:1. Self-govt was democratic but legislatures were

controlled by the elite land owners2. Slavery remained in place3. Patriarchal society4. Gap between rich & poor was wide5. Britain was still the dominant trade partner 6. Regions had different economies, cultures

Prompt #10Prompt #10Name 3 impacts of

“Salutary Neglect” on the American colonies

before the revolution

■ Formation of colonial assemblies■ Ability of colonies to create their own laws/taxes■ More democracy in the colonies than in Britain■ Relaxed emigration policy led to rapid

population growth■ Regional diversity among the colonies because

colonists, not the king, could dictate the “personality” of their colony

■ “Free trade” until the Navigation Acts of 1660■ Weak royal governors (paid by assemblies)■ Precedent for democratic self-gov’t that would

allow for a republican form of gov’t after 1783

Salutary Neglect