Unit 2 Review: American Revolution

Unit 2 Review: American Revolution

Multiple Choice

Who was killed during the Boston Massacre?

• Benedict Arnold

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Crispus Attucks

Boston Massacre

5 colonists were killed, including CRISPUS ATTUCKS

Multiple Choice

Out of all grievances, which one was the MOST SIGNIFICANT?

• Taxing Colonists Without their Consent

• High Taxes on Livestock

• Refusing to allow legal representation

• Stationing troops in their homes

No Taxation Without Representation

The most significant (important) grievance; colonists shouldn't be taxed if they're not represented in British government

Multiple Select

Check the boxes for the reasons for declaring independence.

• England's mercantilist policies (only trade with England)

• Slavery

• Taxation Without Representation

• Quartering Troops

• Boston Massacre

Reasons for Declaring Independence

• England’s mercantilist economic policy

• Boston Massacre

• Taxation without Representation

• Quartering troops

Desire for Independence

• Provisions of the Stamp Act

• Provisions of the Intolerable Acts

• Lack of voice in Parliament

Multiple Choice

What was the effect of "Common Sense" on the colonists?

• It turned Patriots into Loyalists

• It turned Neutralists into Loyalists

• It turned Patriots into Neutralists

• It turned Neutralists into Patriots

Common Sense

Written by Thomas Paine, persuaded (convinced) Neutralists to become PATRIOTS.

Multiple Choice

Rights that CANNOT be taken away are known as -

• inherited

• assured

• unalienable

• measured

Unalienable Rights

• rights that cannot be taken away

• are given to citizens at birth

• Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness

Commander-in-Chief

• George Washington becomes the general of the Continental Army

Valley Forge

Soldiers were feeling DEFEATED until George Washington stepped in and trained them to be a professional army.