Unit 2: The American Revolution

The Treaty of Paris 1783 did the following:

• Ended the French & Indian War & gave colonists land

• Ended the Revolutionary War and gave America all land east of the Mississippi river

• Ended the Boston Massacre

• Gave France lands they lost in the French & Indian War for helping America in the Revolution

Which answer identifies the roles women played in the American Revolution

• Military Commanders

  Frontline soldiers

• Spying on British positions

  cooking and nursing for soldiers at army camps

• Went over seas to petition for foreign alliances with France

• They all remained loyal to the British Crown

Which answer lists reasons that the American colonists needed foreign help from the French?

• They went bankrupt in the French & Indian War.

  The Natives who helped the British were inflicting major damage on the colonies

• The Proclamation of 1763 took gave British control over colonial arms

  They lacked the supplies needed to win the war.

• They wanted to split land gains with the french

  They spent too much money hiring other mercenary help from Spain

• The British forces very experienced and powerful.

  They did not have the financial resources due to the inability to tax the colonies collectively

Name the French Commander that

- Helped train the Continental Army

-Commanded the French navy to help subdue the British Navy & deliver supplies to the colonies

• Napoleon

• King Louis XIV

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Baron von Steuben

The Proclamation of 1763 frustrated colonists because

• It imposed new taxes due to the French & Indian War

• It was the beginning of Salutary Neglect

• It resulted in the colonists being denied the opportunity to settle west of the Appalachian Mt.

• It allowed colonists to settle west but they kept getting attacked by Natives

Name the Prussian (German) Commander that

- Helped train the Continental Army at Valley Forge by teaching them new European fighting styles

Assisted in making the Continental Army professional fighters

• Napoleon

• King Louis XIV

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Baron von Steuben

What was the purpose of Thomas Paine's Common Sense

• To encourage the colonists to fight for their rights to settle West of the Appalachian Mts.

• To encourage the colonists to petition for representation in parliament to settle tax disputes

• To motivate colonists to petition Britain to allow them back into the tea industry

• To encourage colonists to fight for their independence from Britain.

After the French & Indian War, Britain put an end to salutary neglect.

Which answer choice best represents the end of salutary neglect?

• The reinforcement of previously overlooked laws such as the Navigation Acts

• The beginning of new taxation

• The end of the a previous tax code that colonists grew to enjoy

• British cracking down on colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mtn.

Life, Liberty &, Property are outlined in which philosopher's work called Two Treatises of Government

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

What Battle was the turning point of the American Revolution and eventually enticed the French to join the fight?

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of New York

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Yorktown