Unit 2 Study Guide: Road to Revolution & Revolutionary War

Fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards for Unit 2 covering British policies, revolutionary ideas, key historic figures, major war battles, and government structure during the American Revolution.

__________ was the British economic system in which colonies supplied raw materials, bought British goods, and were expected to increase Britain's wealth.

Mercantilism

Before 1763, Britain's policy of __________ meant the colonies were often left largely alone to manage their own affairs.

salutary neglect

The Proclamation of 1763 restricted colonial settlement west of the __________ after the French and Indian War.

Appalachian Mountains

The __________ placed a direct tax on printed materials and helped trigger organized colonial resistance.

Stamp Act

Colonists objected to Parliament's taxes because they had no elected representatives in Parliament, a complaint known as taxation without __________.

representation

Britain passed the __________ to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.

Intolerable Acts

Colonial leaders responded to punitive British laws by meeting at the __________ to discuss united resistance.

First Continental Congress

Unalienable rights are defined as rights that people are __________ with and that government should protect.

born

The principle of __________ means that the government gets its power from the consent of the governed.

popular sovereignty

__________ wrote Common Sense and later The American Crisis.

Thomas Paine

__________ was the reigning British monarch during the American Revolution.

King George III

Patrick Henry is famous for stating, 'Give me __________ or give me death!'

liberty

__________ was a French general who aided the American cause and supported troops at Valley Forge.

Marquis de Lafayette

Benjamin Franklin negotiated the Treaty of Alliance with France in the year __________.

1778

__________ won important naval victories against Britain and is remembered as the 'Father of the U.S. Navy.'

John Paul Jones

__________ served as Washington's assistant, later became the first Secretary of the Treasury, and led the Federalists.

Alexander Hamilton

George Washington served as the commander of the __________ Army.

Continental

In a 1776 letter, __________ advocated for women's rights and urged her husband to 'Remember the Ladies.'

Abigail Adams

__________ was a Revolutionary-era writer included on the unit review's list of notable figures.

Mercy Otis Warren

Marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, Thaddeus Kosciuszko, and Comte de Rochambeau were all __________ who provided support to the American cause.

foreign fighters

The conflict at __________ marked the beginning of the American Revolution.

Lexington & Concord

The Battle of Saratoga was a major turning point in the war because it convinced __________ to support the Americans.

France

The Battle of __________ was the final major battle of the American Revolution.

Yorktown

The Treaty of Paris of __________ officially ended the Revolutionary War.

1783

During the Revolution, the national government operated under the __________ of Confederation.

Articles

A major weakness under the Articles of Confederation was that it made it difficult to raise __________ and support the war effort.

money