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8th Grade History Unit 3 Study Guide: Test
Please note that this test will be entirely multiple choice, except for the essay. You may bring in a single sheet of paper with your thesis and quotations with you when you take the test.
I. Chapter 6: The Road to Revolution
A. 6.1 – Tighter British Control
1. Terms and Names
a. King George III
b. Quartering Act
c. revenue
d. Sugar Act
e. Stamp Act
f. boycott
g. Sons of Liberty
2. Concepts and Questions
a. What were some of the reactions to the Stamp Act?
b. What were the issues the colonies had regarding taxation and how did this view differ from that of the English Parliament?
B. 6.2 – Colonial Resistance Grows
1. Terms and Names
a. Crispus Attucks
b. Townshend Acts
c. writs of assistance
d. Samuel Adams
e. Boston Massacre
f. John Adams
g. committees of correspondence
h. Boston Tea Party
C. 6.3 – The Road to Lexington and Concord
1. Terms and Names
a. militia
b. Minutemen
c. Coercive/Intolerable Acts
d. First Continental Congress
e. Paul Revere
f. Lexington and Concord
g. Loyalist (Tory)
h. Patriot
2. Concepts and Questions
a. Why did the British pass the Intolerable Acts?
b. What were the events that led up to the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
D. 6.4 – Declaring Independence
1. Terms and Names
a. artillery
b. Benedict Arnold
c. Declaration of Independence
d. Thomas Jefferson
2. Concepts and Questions
a. What challenges did Washington face in forming the army?
b. What is Common Sense?
II. Chapter 7: The American Revolution
A. 7.1 – The Early Years of the War
1. Terms and Names
a. George Washington
b. mercenary
c. strategy
d. rendezvous
e. Battle of Saratoga
2. Concepts and Questions
a. How did the American and British strategies differ during the early years of the war?
b. How were Americans divided over the issue of separating from Great Britain?
B. 7.2 – The War Expands
1. Terms and Names
a. ally
b. Marquis de Lafayette
c. bayonet
d. desert
e. privateer
f. John Paul Jones
2. Concepts and Questions
a. What were the purposes of for George Rogers Clark defending the frontier?
C. 7.3 – The Path to Victory
1. Terms and Names
a. Lord Cornwallis
b. guerillas
c. pacifist
d. Battle of Yorktown
2. Concepts and Questions
a. How the Americans won/the British lost the Battle of Yorktown?
D. 7.4 – The Legacy of the War
1. Terms and Names
a. Treaty of Paris of 1783
b. republicanism
c. Elizabeth Freeman
d. How black people in the colonies viewed both sides. What was their main goal?
Essay Options:
Question 1: Against tremendous odds, the American colonies defeated the British and the United States were effectively born. There were many reasons why this was the outcome, but was it more a matter of the Americans winning or the British losing?
Question 2: At the end of the American Revolutionary War, many new challenges faced the new nation and many new ideas came to be. What were the main challenges facing the US? OR What were the main new ideas that stemmed from the revolution?