CFA#2

Match the following

• Thomas Jefferson

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

• George Washinton

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

• Saratoga

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

• 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

• Declaration of Independence

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

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

• Townshend act

• Tax on printed documents - colonists reacted by boycotting

• Sugar Act

• Tax on sugar/molasses

• Stamp Act

• Tax on household items

• Intolerable Acts

• Forced colonists to house British soldiers

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

• Saratoga

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

• Lexington & Concord

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

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Britain recognized the United States & cede land

• Valley Forge

• Washington Winter camp, experienced harsh conditions

• Yorktown

• Battle that initiated the American revolution

Match the following

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Battle that initiated the American revolution

• Lexington & Concord

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

• Valley Forge

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

• Yorktown

• Britain recognized the United States & cede land

• Saratoga

• Washington Winter camp, experienced harsh conditions