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Chapter 3 Study Guide - Fighting for Independence

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the main organizer of the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Robert Sherman

c)

Samuel Adams

d)

Ethan Allen

2.

What caused the Boston "Tea Party"? Check all that apply.

a)

The Intolerable Acts (1774)

b)

The Stamp Act (1765)

c)

The Boston Massacre (1770)

d)

The Townsend Acts (1767)

3.

What was the disguise that the enraged colonists used to dump the tea into the harbor?

a)

Indians

b)

Feathered Birds

c)

Monkeys

d)

Native Americans

4.

The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal by ____________________ to create a ___________ to take over certain affairs for all ________________.

(a)  

5.

What are examples of sedition in the American Revolution ? Check all that apply.

a)

"Common Sense" pamphlet by Thomas Paine

b)

"Join or Die" political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin

c)

"American Crisis" essay by Thomas Paine

d)

"Two Treatises of Government" essay by John Locke

6.

What is the difference between a Whig and a Tory?

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7.

Where was the "shot heard 'round the world" fired?

a)

A South Carolinian plantation

b)

The Lexington Green

c)

The Boston town square

d)

The Concord Green

8.

The battle of __________ ______ was the first and the siege of ______________ was the last clash of the American Revolutionary War.

(a)  

9.

The biggest economic problem caused by the Revolutionary War was the end of __________________ because the Treaty of Paris of ______ limited trade, manufacturing, and _______________.

(a)  

10.

What were some strengths of the British in the war? Check all that apply.

a)

Well-trained, well supplied, and highly disciplined army

b)

It took a long time to receive supplies across the Atlantic

c)

Did not adapt well to the Guerilla tactic used by their opponet

d)

Very strong and experienced royal navy

11.

What were the strengths of the Continental Army? Check all that apply.

a)

Supplied and supported by several foreign nations

b)

Outnumbered, inexperienced, and under-supplied

c)

Great determination and motivation

d)

Very powerful leader, George Washington

12.

Which opponent do you think had the upper hand, the British or the Patriots?

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13.

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

To explain to the colonies that the British had surrendered and they were free.

b)

To incite/declare war on Great Britain.

c)

To explain to foreign nations why the colonies had chosen to separate themselves from Great Britain.

14.

The Declaration of Independence was signed on ______ __, ______ at _________________ _______ in the city of___________________.

(a)  

15.

Aside from Thomas Jefferson, who else was part of the commitee to draft the Declaration? Check all that apply.

a)

Roger Sherman

b)

Richard Dunley

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

John Adams

e)

Robert Livingston

16.

The inciting battle of the American Revolution, the Battles of ________________ and _____________ took place in the year of __________.

(a)  

17.

The battle that peaked France's interest in helping the colonies gain independence was...

a)

The Battle of Long Island

b)

The Battle of Saratoga

c)

The Siege of Yorktown

d)

The signing of the Declaration of Independence

18.

The fight in which the British surrendered and accepted their loss was the __________ of ________________ took place in the year of __________. General Washington and the French Navy cornered British troops on a peninsula in Yorktown, VA.

(a)  

19.

What was the name of the new tax that was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used?

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Townsend Acts

20.

On October 7, 1780, men from the mountains of North and South Carolina were able to ambush a group of Loyalist soldiers in which battle?

a)

Cowpens

b)

Green Mountain Boys

c)

Kings Mountain

d)

Charleston

21.

Which battle is regarded as the first military victory for the Americans during the American Revolution?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Camden

c)

Concord

d)

Little Bighorn

22.

The Patriot's defeat in the Continental War seems inevitable, but the colonies are _________________.

a)

determined

b)

losing determination

23.

500 British ships are prepared for the largest invasion of their's until D-Day after the Declaration of Independence is read.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

At the end of the war and after the Treaty of Paris of 1783 is signed, the __________ __________ of ______________ is born.

(a)