Review for test on SSUSH 3 SSUSH 4

Review for test on SSUSH 3 & SSUSH 4 Test on Thursday 9/13

Tax on all legal documents (newspaper, cards) • Stamp Act

The Battle that marked the end of the Revolutionary War? • Yorktown

Wrote Common Sense. . • Thomas Paine

Series of taxes on lead, glass, tea, and dye for paint. . . Townshend Acts

The site where George Washington and his troops endured a harsh winter without proper food, shelter, or clothing. • Valley Forge

Place where "the first shot heard around the world" happened. . . • Lexington-Concord

German Mercenaries. . . • Hessians

Battle that George Washington led his troops to a victory (before their reenlistments were up) • Trenton, NJ

Group that had a monopoly on the tea (were exempt from the tax) • British East India company

Person that said that governments exist only because they protect the "lives, liberties, and properties" of the people AND "People agree to be governed in exchange for protection from the government" • John Locke

Turning Point of the Revolutionary War (the French came out and openly supported the Colonists). . • Saratoga, NY

French military leader that helped Washington and the Continental Army • Marquis de Lafayette

End of the Revolutionary War, recognized the independence of the American colonies, and granted the colonies the territory from the southern border of Canada to the northern border of Florida, and from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River. • Treaty of Paris 1783

Famous movement of troops at night in treacherous conditions to a battle that turned the spirit towards winning • Crossing the Delaware

Pamphlet that caused many colonists to be willing to fight for independence. . . • Common Sense

Foremost writer of the Declaration of Independence. • Thomas Jefferson

Commander of the British troops in the South. . . • Col. Charles Cornwallis

The formal announcement made by Britain to the colonies that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies however they want! (I’m your mother, I brought you into this world, I can take you out!) • Declaratory Act

Leader of the Continental Army. . . • George Washington

Why were the British going to Lexington and Concord? • Continentals were keeping weapons in Concord

Army of the colonies, created by second continental congress • Continental Army

War fought by French and English on American soil over control of the Ohio River Valley. . . • French and Indian War

What are taxes on goods entering the country? • Duty

Ended French and Indian War, France lost Canada, land east of the Mississippi, to British, New Orleans and west of Mississippi to Spain. • Treaty of Paris 1763

Order from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. • Proclamation of 1763

Laws that governed trade between England its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries. • Navigation Acts

A political organization formed after the passage of the Stamp Act to protest various British acts; organization used both peaceful and violent means of protest? • Sons of Liberty

Leader of the Sons of Liberty. . . • Samuel Adams

Protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston harbor. . . • Boston Tea Party

Acts that had Port of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses. • Intolerable Acts

British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them. Five colonists were killed. The colonists blamed the British and the Sons of Liberty and used this incident as an excuse to promote the Revolution. • Boston Massacre

Organized network for passing along news of British activity to the colonies. . . • Committees of Correspondence

Delegates from 12 colonies gathered in Philadelphia. They passed a resolution backing Mass. in its struggle. Decided to boycott all British goods and to stop exporting goods to Britain until the Intolerable Act was canceled. • First Continental Congress

Volunteer soldiers who were ready to fight in a moments notice. . . • Minute Men

1)Sent the "Olive Branch Petition" 2)Created a continental army with George Washington as the leader. 3)Agreed to write a formal letter declaring their independence from England. • Second Continental Congress

First major battle of the Revolution. It showed that the Americans could hold their own, but the British were also not easy to defeat. Ultimately, the Americans were forced to withdraw. However, the British suffered more deaths. • Bunker Hill

Document recording the proclamation of the Second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain • Declaration of Independence

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence. . . • Loyalists

Colonists who wanted independence from Britain. . . • Patriots

Attempt to make peace with the king, colonists tried to stop going to war (it was refused) • Olive Branch Petition

King of Britain during the Revolutionary War. . • King George III

Also known as the "Swamp Fox" , a Continental Officer that used guerilla war tactics in S. Carolina • Francis Marion

Ottawa Chief that led his people to stop/attack colonists that entered the areas West of the Appalachians. (part of cause of Proclamation of 1763) • Pontiac's Rebellion

When colonial merchants agreed not to buy sugar from Britain in protest. (successful) • Non Importation Agreements

• Order of British Acts: • Sugar Act • Stamp Act • Townshend Act • Tea Act • Intolerable Act

Other American General that led his men around in the South to wear down and use Guerilla tactics on the British. . . • Nathaniel Greene

Colony that was the focus of the British offensive to break up the Patriots of the North. . . • New York

Name of plan that failed in #47? • Three Pronged Plan

Why did #48 fail? • One general didn't show up, another was ambushed and stopped. The third surrendered at Saratoga.

What was another successful battle for Washington in N. J. following the first battle in N. J. ? • Princeton, NJ