Worksheets7.03A Revolutionary War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 15mins
Match the following
suggested the colonies for a confederacy during the French and Indian War; this did not happen
Albany Plan of Union
the first U.S. government; weak on purpose
Articles of Confederation
written by Thomas Paine; gave reasons the colonies should be independent
Common Sense
July 4, 1776; written by Thomas Jefferson to list complaints against the king
Declaration of Independence
British laws created to enforce mercantilism
Navigation Acts
Match the following
the idea that colonies exist to benefit the mother country
mercantilism
law that said colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
created the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence
Second Continental Congress
ended the French and Indian War; gave French land in North America to Great Britain
Treaty of Paris of 1763
ended the Revolutionary War; gave independence to the colonies; set the borders of the U.S.
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Match the following
battle here in 1781 ended with British general Cornwallis surrendering
Yorktown
surviving the winter of 1777/78 here was a turning point for the Continental army
Valley Forge
battles here in 1777 were a turning point of the war because they led to an alliance with France
Saratoga
April 19, 1775; site of the first battles of the Revolution
Lexington & Concord
battle here shows the patriots would not be easy to defeat because the patriots held their ground through three British attacks
Bunker Hill
Match the following
colonists who believed people should obey the British king
Loyalists
colonists who believed the colonies deserved independence
Patriots
professional soldiers; name for British soldiers
Regulars
gang of Boston men; organized the Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
the colonial army led by George Washington
Continental Army
Match the following
March 5, 1770; misrepresented to make the British look bad
Boston Massacre
December 1773; patriots stole items and destroyed them boycott to refuse to do something as a protest
Boston Tea Party
laws to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
"Intolerable Acts"
British law requiring a small tax on all paper products; was repealed
Stamp Act
argument that since colonists could not vote in Parliament, they should not be taxed
no taxation without representation
Match the following
patriot; leader of the Continental Army
George Washington
patriot; warned patriots at Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere
patriot; wrote the Declaration of Independence with several others
Thomas Jefferson
patriot; leader of the Sons of Liberty and organizer of protests against the British
Samuel Adams
author of Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Match the following
a loose system of government in which separate groups join for trade and defense; used by the Iroquois and American patriots
confederacy
to take back/cancel a law
repeal
an informal (volunteer) army
militia
to have an acceptable reason or excuse for something
justify
1754-1763; fought over land and the fur trade; ended with a Treaty of Paris
French & Indian War
Match the following
author? primary/secondary?
Source
what does it say/show? date?
Occasion
public/private? who agrees? who disagrees?
Audience
why was it created?
Purpose
reliable? related to?
Significance
Match the following causes with their effects/results
Natives almost won the French & Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Navigation Acts
smuggling (illegal trade)
expensive French and Indian War
taxes
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
patriots stockpile weapons
British army goes to Lexington & Concord
Reorder the following from first to last.
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Acts
battles at Lexington and Concord
Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
