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Revolutionary Era Review
REVIEW GAME• Each team will take turns answering a
question.• If a team answers incorrectly, the next team
will get a chance to steal that question.
1. Describe the economic theory of mercantilism and how
it connects to colonization.Mercantilism is an economic theory that a nation’s power depends on its wealth. Colonies are created to enrich the mother country by supplying raw materials and purchase finished goods from the mother country.
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2. Describe 2 effects of the French and Indian War.
• France is forced out of North America• Britain’s debt from the war results in taxes being imposed on the
American colonies• Proclamation Line of 1763• Colonies learned how to unite against a common foe
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3. I am a well-known colonist who was a printer, and inventor and a
Patriot who created the Albany Plan and served as a diplomat to France during the Revolutionary War. Who
am I?
Benjamin Franklin
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4. Describe the Proclamation Line of 1763 and how the American colonists
reacted to it.Britain forbade the colonists from expanding west past the Appalachian Mountains to avoid more conflicts with Native Americans. Colonists wanted to expand into the western land which they had won from France, and they resented the restriction of the Proclamation Line.
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5. The British imposed a tax on the colonists on legal documents,
newspapers, wills, and many other paper goods. This was called
the____
Stamp Act (1765)
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6. What was the most effective way for the
colonists to oppose these new taxes?
boycotts
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7. Describe in detail the colonists reaction to the Tea
Act of 1773.Boston Tea Party – Sons of Liberty organized a protest of the Tea Act in which colonists
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8. Colonists argued that these new British taxes were unfair because
the colonists had no voice in Parliament. Their rallying cry was
“________!”
“no taxation without representation”
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9. What was the British response to the Boston Tea
Party?The Intolerable Acts (banned town meetings, closed Boston harbor, Quartering Act)
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10. What were the colonists who wanted to remain a colony of Britain called?
loyalists
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11. What were the colonists who wanted independence
from Britain called?
patriots
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12. Who was the monarch of Britain during the
Revolutionary Era?
King George III
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13. Who was the Indian/African mixed race man who was killed at the
Boston Massacre?Crispus Attucks
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14. What did the Quartering Act require?
That colonists had to provide housing, food, blankets, etc. to British soldiers
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15. What pamphlet distributed in the American colonies
presented logical arguments for separation from Britain?
Common Sense 1776
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16. Who was the American colonist lawyer who
defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
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17. Who was the colonist patriot who said “give me liberty or give me death?”
Patrick Henry
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18. The first battles of the Revolutionary War took place at__________ and
__________
Lexington and Concord (1775)
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19. Describe the sections of the Declaration of
Independence. Preamble, Declaration of Rights, List of Grievances, Conclusion
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20. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote about “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” What did
he call these rights?
Unalienable rights (natural rights)
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20. Which Enlightenment thinker influenced Jefferson’s
ideas concerning natural rights?
John Locke
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21. Describe 3 actions of the 2nd Continental Congress..
Creating the Continental ArmyAppointing Washington supreme commanderOlive Branch PetitionDeclaration of Independence
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22. I was the Spanish governor of the territory of Louisiana who helped the colonists fight the
British during the Revolutionary War. Who am I?
Bernardo de Galvez
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40. Put the following events in chronological order:Battle of SaratogaDeclaration of IndependenceMayflower CompactGeorge Washington becomes 1st PresidentStamp ActLexington and Concord
Mayflower Compact, Stamp Act, Lexington and Concord, Declaration of Independence, Battle of Saratoga, Washington 1st President
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22. Describe the significance of Valley Forge to the Revolutionary War.
Washington and his troops survived a difficult winter at Valley Forge where soldiers suffered from hunger, lack of warm clothing, diseases, and desertion.
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23. Explain why the Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary
War.British strategy to separate New England from the rest of the colonies failsThis American victory convinced the French to join the war on side of the Americans
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24. Who was the African American patriot who spied for the Americans during the
Revolution?James Armistead
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25. Who was the American naval commander who won sea
battles against the British during the Revolutionary War?
John Paul Jones
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26. Who was the Frenchman who joined the American
cause because of his belief in liberty?
Marquis de Lafayette – trained American soldiers and was with Washington at Valley Forge
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27. Name the battle fought in 1781 in which Washington and his army trapped and captured
important British generals.
Battle of Yorktown (1781)
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28. What treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War
in 1783?
Treaty of Paris
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29. At the end of 1776, colonies were referred to as
states. What significant event caused this change?
1776 – Declaration of Independence
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30. According to the Declaration of Independence,
the main purpose of government is to _______.
Protect the rights of individuals
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31. ________ is the term used to describe how Britain mostly ignored the American colonies and did not enforce taxes and regulations until
the French and Indian War.
Salutary Neglect
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32. I wrote letters to my husband asking him to “remember the ladies”
as he worked in the Continental Congress. Who am I?
Abigail Adams
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33. How many colonists were killed at the Boston Massacre in 1770?
5
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34. Where did the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress take place?
Philadelphia
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35. Describe one argument Thomas Paine used to argue for separation
from Britain in Common Sense.Government should only exist to protect rightsHereditary succession is unnaturalBritain only cares about its own well-beingBritain’s debt becomes the colonists’ debt (separate for the kids)Being attached to Britain hurts American relations with EuropeAmerica, as colonies, will never have the respect of the rest of the world
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36. Name one act of civil disobedience by the colonists during the Revolutionary Era.
Tar and feathering tax collectorsThrowing tea into the Boston Harbor
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37. Explain this political cartoon.
The Albany Plan of Union
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38. Explain the history behind this painting.
Washington crossing the Delaware on Christmas night to surprise the British (Hessian) army
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39. I was a Jewish merchant and banker who helped finance the
American Revolution. Who am I?
Haym Salomon
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40. Put the following events in chronological order:YorktownValley ForgeBoston MassacreJamestown foundedOlive Branch PetitionFrench and Indian War
Jamestown founded, French and Indian War, Boston Massacre, Olive Branch Petition, Valley Forge, Yorktown
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