Unit 3: The American Revolution Study Guide

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French and Indian War?

The French and Britain were already at war in Europe and those tensions spilled over into North America

Which indigenous group/s was allied with the British during the French and Indian War?

Iroquois

Which indigenous group/s was allied with the French during the French and Indian War?

Huron, Ottawa, and Algonquin

A major difference between the activities of the French colonists and the English colonists in North America is that…

they had a well-established fur trading industry.

Edward Braddock

A British general sent to drive the French out of the Ohio Valley in 1755

William Pitt

British foreign minister who made peace with important indigenous allies and adopted indigenous fighting techniques

George Washington

British officer who was defeated by the French and forced to return to Virginia

Which of the following was NOT a result of the 1763 Treaty of Paris?

French forces were pushed into the American Southwest.

A direct result involvement in the French and Indian War was that the…

British had a lot of war debt and decided to set new taxes for the colonists.

What was the result of the Sugar Act of 1764?

It was intended to eliminate the illegal sugar trade between the Spanish and French West Indies and the British colonies.

Intolerable Acts

* closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for destroyed tea
* revoked Massachusetts’ charter
* allowed the Royal governor to order trails of accused to take place in Great Britain
* allowed British troops to be housed in private buildings

Which of the following was NOT part of the Townshend Acts?

A tax on fish caught in British waters

Which of the following is NOT one way the colonists showed their anger at unfair British taxes?

* Colonial women refused to shop at British-owned shops and market stalls, leading to a drop in income for British loyalist merchants
* The Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into Boston Harbor
* Colonists boycotted British products, such as cotton fabrics woven in British mills, and chose American-made fabrics instead

Which of the following events served as an inspiration to the colonists when they started thinking about breaking away from Britain?

* The Enlightenment
* The success the Puritans had leaving behind religious persecution in England and starting their own free colony in North America
* The Whig political party in England standing up against the Tory political party, which backed King George

Which “injuries was Thomas Jefferson most likely writing about?

Unfair taxes and British army violence against colonists

What is the min idea of this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence?

People give power to their leaders in government, who protect the people’s natural rights.

The Colonies had…

* Guerrilla warfare tactics
* Alliance with France
* Local knowledge of the land

The British had…

* The world’s most powerful navy
* Well trained and supplied army

Which of the following is True about the Battle of Saratoga?

It was a decisive American win, which convinced the French to officially support the colonists.

Bunker Hill

Very high causalities for the British, which made the Americans more confident in their ability to win the war.

Lexington & Concord

Minutemen met the British and engaged in the first battle of the Revolution.

Trenton

Washington’s nighttime crossing of the Delaware River surprised the British and their Hessian mercenaries and the Americans won an inspiration victory.

In October 1781, Lord Cornwallis surrendered to the continental Army after the Battle of …

Trenton

What aspect of the New Country did Marquis de Lafayette NOT support?

Slavery