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WorksheetsUnit 3 Flashcards
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
French and Indian War = (2 correct answers)
= created war debt the king needed to repay
= fought over the Ohio River Valley land
= Passed without representation in Parliament
= prevented colonists from settling West of Appalachian Mts.
Taxes =
= led to taxes to repay war debt
= FIB over the Ohio River Valley land
= Passed without representation in Parliament
= prevented colonists from settling West of Appalachian Mts.
Proclamation of 1763 =
= led to taxes to repay war debt
= FIB over the Ohio River Valley land
= Passed without representation in Parliament
= prevented colonists from settling West of Appalachian Mts.
Stamp Act (1765) = (2 correct answers)
= A tax on legal documents, newspapers, wills, paper, etc.
= Forced colonists to house British soldiers
= prompted colonists to feel that "taxation without representation" is tyranny
= battlecry for the colonists
Tea Act (1773) =
= A tax on legal documents, newspapers, wills, paper, etc.
= forced colonists to buy tea from the British East India tea company
= Part of Intolerable Acts
= battlecry for the colonists
Boston Tea Party (1773) = (2 correct answers)
= Sons of Liberty throw tea into the harbor to protest the Tea Act
= forced colonists to buy tea from the British East India tea company
= a result of the Tea Act
= Refusal to buy goods
Loyalist =
= Sons of Liberty throw tea into the harbor to protest the Tea Act
= forced colonists to buy tea from the British East India tea company
= Loyal to the king
= Refusal to buy goods
Results of the Intolerable Acts = (2 correct answers)
= Closed the Port of Boston
= Closed government meetings in Massachusetts
= Loyal to the king
= Refusal to buy goods
First Continental Congress =
= Closed the Port of Boston
= Closed government meetings in Massachusetts
= 1st meeting to discuss how to respond to the taxes
= Refusal to buy goods
Civil Disobedience =
= Closed the Port of Boston
= A group of Patriot men who led acts of civil disobedience against British laws
= protesting, boycotting, ignoring laws, etc
= Refusal to buy goods
Declaration of Independence = (3 correct answers)
= July 4th, 1776
= Announced why we wanted independence from G.B.
= Does NOT recognize U.S. Independence
= Refusal to buy goods
Lexington and Concord =
= a formal complaint
= 1st event of the American Revolution
= Does NOT recognize U.S. Independence
= Refusal to buy goods
Unalienable Rights = (2 correct answers)
= Life, liberty, & pursuit of happiness
= humans are given these rights at birth by their creator
= Does NOT recognize U.S. Independence
= Refusal to buy goods
Second Continental Congress = (check all that apply)
= The colonies response to the Intolerable Acts
= drafted the D.O.I
= named G.Washington as commander of Continental Army
= Refusal to buy goods
Treaty of Paris (1783) =
= Oppressive(controlling) British rules
= Recognizes U.S. Independence from G.B.
= citizens protesting taxes
= 5 colonists killed by British soldiers
ECONOMIC causes of the American Revolution = (check all that apply)
= Mercantilism
= taxes to repay the war debt
= Final battle of the American Revolution
= General Cornwallis (The British) surrendered to George Washington
Thomas Paine =
= Mercantilism
= taxes to repay the war debt
= Wrote "Common Sense" explaining why America should be independent from England
= Sons of Liberty leader
Battle of Yorktown = (check all that apply)
= Final battle of the American Revolution
= Led to the Treaty of Paris
= The turning point (major win) for the colonies
= General Cornwallis (The British) surrendered to George Washington
Saratoga = (2 correct answers)
= France becomes allies with Colonial Army
= Led to the Treaty of Paris
= The turning point (major win) for the colonies
= General Cornwallis (The British) surrendered to George Washington
Patriot =
= Tax on sugar, coffee, wines, and molasses
= Tax on tea, glass, and paper (household items)
= Colonists who wanted independence from Britain
= Son's of Liberty leader
