CFA#2

Match the following

• Thomas Jefferson

• Document drafted at the Second Continental Congress that outlined grievances against King George III

• Declaration of Independence

• Known for writing the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

• Valley Forge

• Wrote Congress to gain supplies for his Army and used his own money for the war effort.  Chosen to command to Continental Army

• George Washinton

• Colonial victory that served as a turning point in the war and helped colonists secure a treaty of alliance with France.

• Saratoga

•  Location of Washington’s camp during the winter of 1777.  Men lacked supplies because of the Congress’ inability to tax colonies.

Identify the series of laws intended to punish the people of Boston for the Boston Tea Party:

• The Sugar Act

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Boston Massacre

• The Intolerable Acts

Which battle started the American Revolution?

• The Battle of the Ohio River Valley

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Boston Harbor

Why did Parliament pass the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts?

• to recover the cost of defending the colonies

• to encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• to fund the establishment of new colonies

What economic policies following the French and Indian War caused the American Revolution?

• capitalism

• Taxes to pay off the war debt

• Plantation economy

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights..."

This excerpt refers to rights that -

select two

• people earn by demonstrating loyalty to their government

• people receive by becoming a citizen

• people have as a result of being human

• people are granted after enlistment in the military

• people cannot be separated from

Match the following

• Quartering Act

• Punishment on colonist, closed Boston Harbor/ ended local legislatures

• Sugar Act

• Tax on household items

• Intolerable Acts

• Forced colonists to house British soldiers

• Stamp Act

• Tax on printed documents - colonists reacted by boycotting

• Townshend act

• Tax on sugar/molasses

Which of the following statement are results of the Treaty of Paris 1783?

Select two

• British territory west of Appalachian Mountains was granted to the United States

• Competing Seminole and Spanish claims in West Florida were resolved

• Great Britain cut off American claims to lands west of the Appalachian Mountains

• British territory in eastern Canada was Ceded to France

• Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country

Match the following

• Valley Forge

• Britain recognized the United States & cede land

• Yorktown

• Battle that initiated the American revolution

• Saratoga

• Washington Winter camp, experienced harsh conditions

• Lexington & Concord

• Battle that convinced France to become an American ally, a turning point

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Gen. Cornwallis surrendereds to Washington, final battle of the American Revolution

Match the following

• Yorktown

• Battle that initiated the American revolution

• Lexington & Concord

• Gen. Cornwallis surrendereds to Washington, final battle of the American Revolution

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Battle that convinced France to become an American ally, a turning point

• Saratoga

• Washington Winter camp, experienced harsh conditions

• Valley Forge

• Britain recognized the United States & cede land