Unit 2: Revolutionary War

The Americans surprised the Hessian troops guarding Trenton on Christmas and took most of them prisoner; the Americans won.

• Battle of Trenton
• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of Yorktown
• Battle of Lexington and Concord

a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation. It showed the king as abusive and tyrannical.

• Common Sense
• Declaration of Independence
• Declaration of Rights
• Constitution

Which of the following was NOT an effect of Boston Tea Party?

• It ended conflict between Britain and the colonists
• it angered the British leading to more taxes
• Britain closed the Boston Harbor
• Britain passed the Intolerable Acts

series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party. It closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for.

• Intolerable Acts
• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Sister Act

This was used as propaganda against the British to stir up anger against the British.

• impact of the Boston Massacre
• impact of the Intolerable Acts
• impact of the Declaration of Independence
• Results of the French and Indian War

an effective method of protesting taxes by refusing to purchase goods from Britain

• boycott
• riot
• the silent treatment
• rolling your eyes

Approved July 4, 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free country.

• Declaration of Independence
• Treaty of Paris 1783
• The U.S. Constitution
• The Declaration of Rights

Colonists who supported the British government during the American Revolution

• Loyalists
• Redcoats
• Patriots
• Minutemen

meaning of inalienable

• something that cannot be taken away or denied

• something unusual or strange
• something not everyone can have
• something from outer space

Women, African Americans, Native Americans

• These groups would use the words of the Declaration to fight for rights later on.
• These group were not allowed to help in the war
• These groups only sided with the British
• These groups only sided with the American colonists