Chapter Three Study Guide
1) What was the main issue debated during the First Continental Congress?
2) How did King George’s reaction to the Declaration of Rights affect the relationship between Britain and the colonies?
3) Who were the Sons of Liberty?
4) How did the Second Continental Congress decide to handle the British?
5) What effect did Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense have on colonial leaders?
6) Why did Thomas Paine think that citizens should make laws?
7) How did ideas that developed during the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening influence the colonists’ view of government?
8) Why might the ideas in Thomas Paine’s Common Sense have been considered bold at the time?
9) Why did Thomas Jefferson feel the colonists had the right to break away from Great Britain?
10) Why was the phrase “taxation without representation” so important to the revolutionary cause?
11) Why did thousands of African-American slaves sign on with the British Army?
12) Why was winning the battle in New Jersey important to George Washington?
13) Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point for the Patriots?
14) What is the likely reason that Spain became an ally to the Patriots?
15) Why was the Marquis de Lafayette interested in the American Revolution?
16) Who was Bernardo de Gálvez?
17) What challenges did the Patriots face at sea?
18) Who was nicknamed “the Swamp Fox,” and why?
19) What led to the Patriots’ defeat of the British at Yorktown?
20) What were the results of the 1783 Treaty of Paris?
Chapter Three Study Guide
1) What was the main issue debated during the First Continental Congress?
2) How did King George’s reaction to the Declaration of Rights affect the relationship between Britain and the colonies?
3) Who were the Sons of Liberty?
4) How did the Second Continental Congress decide to handle the British?
5) What effect did Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense have on colonial leaders?
6) Why did Thomas Paine think that citizens should make laws?
7) How did ideas that developed during the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening influence the colonists’ view of government?
8) Why might the ideas in Thomas Paine’s Common Sense have been considered bold at the time?
9) Why did Thomas Jefferson feel the colonists had the right to break away from Great Britain?
10) Why was the phrase “taxation without representation” so important to the revolutionary cause?
11) Why did thousands of African-American slaves sign on with the British Army?
12) Why was winning the battle in New Jersey important to George Washington?
13) Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point for the Patriots?
14) What is the likely reason that Spain became an ally to the Patriots?
15) Why was the Marquis de Lafayette interested in the American Revolution?
16) Who was Bernardo de Gálvez?
17) What challenges did the Patriots face at sea?
18) Who was nicknamed “the Swamp Fox,” and why?
19) What led to the Patriots’ defeat of the British at Yorktown?
20) What were the results of the 1783 Treaty of Paris?