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Unit 4The American Revolution Study Guide

Assessment Date: Friday, November 11, 2016.
Use your social studies textbook, chapters 7 and 8, to help you complete the study guide.
1.

The Ohio River Valley was very important to the French. The land around the Ohio River
Valley was profitable and the river also made it possible for them to trade with the
American Indians. These facts prompted the British to start the French and Indian War to
(p.228)
a. make American Indians end the fur trade.
b. stop the French from taking over the colonies
c. drive the French from the Ohio River Valley

Use the map to answer questions #2 and #3.

2. After the French and Indian War, what land did the British Control? (p230)
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3. The two groups separated by the Proclamation line of 1763 were the (p230-231)
a. French and American Indians
b. Colonists and American Indians
c. British and French
4. Why did the British Parliament need to tax the colonies? (p234)
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5. Thomas Paine was the author of the pamphlet Common Sense, he argued that colonists
(p263)
a. Cannot take away the natural rights of the people
b. Should fight for independence and separation from Great Britain
c. Did not support the Declaration of Independence

6. The British Parliament asked colonists to pay new taxes due to their lack of government
funds after the war. This angered many of the colonist and they begin to demand (p235)
a. Representation in Parliament
b. The colonist to agree with the new taxes they were asked to pay by the British
Parliament
c. More freedom
Use the passage to answer question #7.

Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes!

A patriot officer is said to have given this famous order as 2,000
British soldiers marched closer and closer up the hill. It was June 17,
1775. The Battle of Bunker Hill in Charlestown was the first major clash
between large numbers of British soldiers and Patriot militia. The
geography of Charlestown forced the British attackers to march uphill.
Three times, British soldiers marched slowly uphill toward the fort.
Hot, tired, weighed down by 125 pounds of gear, the British were easy

7. The description of this battle shows how colonist (p253)

a. used their knowledge and understanding of the land to fight
b. escaped from war
c. opposed the Stamp Act
8. What organization stopped buying British goods to boycott British merchants? (p237)
a. The Daughters of Liberty
b. The Colonists
c. The Townshend Acts
9. Thomas Jefferson organized the Declaration of Independence into several important parts.
What did Jefferson list in the second and longest part of this document? (p265)
a. Arguments that the colonies have to be free to protect the colonists rights
b. Complaints against the British King
c. Signatures of delegates
10. The rights of freedom and equality that Jefferson wrote about are important American
values and principles. Colonial leaders believed government should protect and honor
citizens (p266)
a. Confidence
b. Motivation
c. Natural rights

11. The British colonists committed a crime of ______________ by signing the Declaration of
Independence. (p266).

Use the map and the text to answer questions #12, #13, and #14.

12. In which direction did Revere travel when he rode away from Boston? (p
a. North
b. East
c. West
13. Why did the British march toward Concord?
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14. Look at the map. Who were the messengers that warned the colonists that the British
soldiers were on the move? _______________________ and
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15. The Unit States and Britain signed the ____, which recognized the United States as an
independent nation and gave them access to the borders and land. (p289)
a. Declaration of Independence
b. Treaty of Paris
c. Proclamation of 1763

Use the map to answer questions #16 and #17.

16. What state did the Battle of Yorktown take place?

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17. What date did Cornwallis and his army surrender?
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Use the illustration to answer questions #18 and #19.

18. This newspaper illustration shows the events that took place during the
____________________ Massacre. (p241)
19. This event started when the (p241)
a. Crowd yelled and threw snowballs at soldiers
b. The passing of the Tea Act
c. Cheering for the soldiers in Boston