STAAR Review

Match the following

• Final battle to end war, Cornwallis does official surrender

• Battle of Saratoga

• British looking for arsenal and rebel leaders

• Battle of Yorktown

• A camp, the Continental Army suffer from harsh climate, disease, starvation

• Valley Forge

• The Continental Army surprise attacks the Hessians by crossing Delaware River

• Battle of Trenton

• Patriots gain hope to win war, France becomes ally

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

Match the following

• 1775

• Battle of Yorktown

• 1776

• Battle of Saratoga

• 1781

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• 1777

• Valley Forge

• Winter of 1777-1778

• Battle of Trenton

- Quartering Act

- Intolerable Acts

- Stamp Act

- Boston Massacre

• Reasons for Westward Expansion

• Events (causes) that led up to the American Revolution

• Motives for European Exploration

• Reasons for the development of the 13 colonies

Why were the colonists upset about Parliament imposing taxes without their consent?

• they felt it threatened their individual liberties

• they were already in debt after the French and Indian War and didn't have money to pay

What is "No taxation without representation?"

• Colonists were upset they were being taxed by the Parliament without their consent

• colonists were represented in the British Parliament and enjoyed being taxed

Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Hooker

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Gucci

"For imposing taxes on us without our consent"

"For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us

"He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good"

• grievances in the Declaration of Independence against King George III

• reasons for the establishment of the 13 colonies

• rights written in the U.S. Constitution

• motives for the pilgrims writing the Mayflower Compact

Which of the following initiated (started) the American Revolution?

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

What is the significance of the Battle of Saratoga?

• a crucial victory that convinced a foreign country to join the American Revolution

• the Continental Army crosses the Delaware River and captures the Hessians

• the British capture rebel leaders and arsenal (supplies)

• the Continental Army go through a winter of terrible suffering

- Officially ended the American Revolution

- The U.S. is acknowledged as an independent country

• Mayflower Compact

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation