Unit 3: American Revolution

What major era in U.S. history is referred to in the graphic?

• Colonial

• Civil War

• Revolutionary

• Reconstruction

Which date below best describes the beginning of America becoming free from the rule of monarchy?

• 1607

• 1776

• 1803

• 1861

Which newspaper headline would most likely have appeared in Philadelphia in 1776?

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The excerpt above shows the growing pre-Revolutionary bias of some American colonists against-

• economic controls by Great Britain

• the presence of British troops

• self-government in the colonies

• settlements on the western frontier

The British began imposing taxes on the colonists in 1765 to help pay the expenses of fighting the-

• Spanish Armada

• American Revolution

• Battle of Tippecanoe

• French and Indian War

What is Patrick Henry's message in this excerpt?

• Only the free can survive

• Freedom is worth dying for

• Free people live longer

• People must die to gain freedom

The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the American Revolution because-

• the colonists were defeated and lost possession of New York

• Native Americans joined the war against the colonies during the battle

• Great Britain was forced to form an alliance with France against the colonies

• the colonial victory convinced France to support American Independence

"The shot heard round the world" was fired at the Battle of __________________.

• Lexington and Concord

• Valley Forge

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

"We had nothing to eat for two or three days previous...the greatest part were not only shirtless and barefoot, but destitute of (without) all other clothing, especially blankets."

The above quote describes the conditions at

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• Valley Forge

• Lexington

Using the map above which areas of land were acquired by Americans through the Treaty of Paris in 1783?

• A and B

• C and D

• B and C

• A and D