Revolutionary War

The Intolerable Acts were viewed by many as an act of _______. (rhymes with soar)

The British enacted the Proclamation of 1763 to prevent colonists from fighting over land in the Ohio River ________. (rhymes with rally)

1. Boston Tea Party
2. Townshend Acts
3. Boston Massacre

Which places these events in the proper order from first to last?

• 1,2,3

• 3,2,1

• 2,3,1

• 2,1,3

Why was the Battle of Bunker Hill still considered to be a colonial victory even though the colonists lost the battle?

• The colonists planned all along to lose the battle.

• The colonists were better equipped and better trained than British soldiers.

• Many British soldiers died, which proved that the colonists would be hard to defeat.

• Colonists discovered weaknesses in the British army's war plans.

The colonists had an advantage during the war because they knew the ____, and were able to choose the best places for attacks. (rhymes with band)

The British surrendered at Yorktown because they were _____ on a peninsula between American troops on land and the French at sea. (rhymes with wrapped)

Most Native Americans supported the British during the French & Indian War because the colonists were trying to take their _____. (rhymes with band)

Mercantilism was a cause of the French & Indian War because it made the British want as much ______ in North America as possible. (rhymes with band)

The British's main interest in the early years of the colonies was to make as much money from ______ as possible. (rhymes with raid)

Which was a pamphlet that convinced many colonists to support independence?

• John Locke's Two Treatises of Government

• Thomas Paine's Common Sense

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Olive Branch Petition