Study Guide Revolutionary War

People – George Washington, General William Howe, Samuel Adams, King George III, Paul Revere, William Dawes, Crispus Attucks, John Locke, John Adams, Marquis de Lafayette, Friedrich von Steuben, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson

Terms/Vocabulary - Boycott, Quartering, Writs of Assistance, Sons of Liberty, Non-importation Agreement, Stamp Act Congress, Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, militia, minutemen, Magna Carta, Battle of Lexington, Battle of Concord, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Saratoga, Battle of Yorktown, Declaration of Independence, Valley Forge, Treaty of Paris of 1783, Mercenary

Acts of Parliament: Proclamation of 1763, The Stamp Act (1765), Townshend Acts (1767), Tea Act (1773), Coercive (Intolerable) Acts (1774), Quebec Act (1774)

In what way did the French & Indian War create financial problems for England? How did those financial problems ultimately start the chain of events that led to the Revolutionary War?

What were the major Acts and Resolutions passed by the British Parliament in the 1760s and 1770s? What were the colonists’ response to those Acts and Resolutions?

Create a timeline of the events leading up to the Revolutionary War. Know the order of the events and how each one is a response to actions taken by colonists.

Why did the mob of dockworkers assemble in Boston? What happened during the Boston Massacre?

What are the 5 different parts of the DOI? Make sure you understand and explain them.

Why was the Battle of Trenton important? In what way was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in the Revolutionary War?

How were women and African-Americans treated in the DOI?

In what ways did the French help us win the Revolutionary War? Would we have won without their help?

Thomas Paine wrote in Common Sense, “It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies; yet our present numbers are sufficient to repel the force of all the world.” This statement was an excellent prediction as to how the smaller army of the colonies would beat the enormous British army. How did we beat them? To what degree did help from other countries make it possible to win the Revolutionary War?

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