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“… Give me liberty or give me death!” “ A government of our own is our natural right…” “ We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” What to these mean? Who would have said these? PATRIOTSTRANSCRIPT
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Revolutionary War Test Review
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• “… Give me liberty or give me death!”• “ A government of our own is our natural
right…”• “ We must indeed all hang together, or most
assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”
What to these mean? Who would have said these?
PATRIOTS
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• This map occurred after which war? – French and Indian
War• Why were colonists
angry about the Proclamation? – Limited Freedom
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• “ We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…”
• Which Document contains these words?– Declaration of Independence
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• What was the major effect of the Stamp Act on Colonial Trade?– Many colonists boycotted British Goods
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• Which statement would have been said by the Loyalists in the 1770s?– The colonists should be grateful to be under
British Rule and Protection
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• What were the major actions of the Declaration of Independence?– Statement of grievances committed by Great
Britain– Statement of the natural rights of life, liberty, and
pursuit of happiness– Establishment of the United States of America
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• Who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence?– Thomas Jefferson
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• Where was the first battle of the American Revolution fought?– Lexington
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What is the meaning of “taxation without representation”?
- The colonists insisted that the British government could not tax them without giving the colonists seats from the British Parliament.
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• How did Great Britain retaliate against Boston for the actions of the colonists during the Boston Tea Party?– It closed the port of Boston until the tea and
customs charges were paid to the East India Company and the British government
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What was Benjamin Franklin’s message with the “Join or Die” cartoon?
The colonies had to join together or unite to survive as a new nation
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• Why did so many foreign nations come to the aid of the colonies in their war against Great Britain?– They wanted to damage Great Britain because of
its control over the seas and numerous colonies.
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• Who led the American army during the Revolutionary War?– George Washington
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• What treaty ended the American Revolutionary War?– Treaty of Paris
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• The Treaty of Paris made which feature the western boundary of the new United States of America? – The Mississippi River
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• In the American colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because the boycotts did what?– Caused economic hardships for British merchants
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• The main goal of the policies shown in the illustration was to– Enable Great
Britain to raise revenues and control trade
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• Many American colonists believed that British tax laws were unfair because– Colonists lacked representation in Parliament
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• What upset colonists the most about The Stamp Act?– Colonists did not want to pay taxes to keep British
troops in the colonies.
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• The Boston Massacre was– Deadly riot between colonists and British troops
stationed in Boston
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• The Intolerable Acts– United the colonies against Britain
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• The Declaration of Independence states that all people are born with certain rights which include the– Right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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• What is the subject of this cartoon?– Tea tax protests in the
colonies
• The men wearing coats represent• Protests
• How does the cartoon view these men• Lawless troublemakers
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We then were ordered by our commander to open the hatches and take out all the chests of tea and throw them overboard…. And we immediately proceeded to execute his orders, first cutting and splitting
the chests with our tomahawks so as to thoroughly expose them to the effects of the water. In about three hours from the time we went on board, we had thus broken and thrown overboard every tea chest to be found on the ship, while those in the other ships were disposing of the tea in the same way, at the
same time. We we were surrounded by British armed ships, but no attempt was made to resist us.
• What event is being depicted? Boston Tea Party
• Point of View? A Boston Patriot• What Caused This? The Tea Act• What kind of passage is this? Primary Source
written by an eyewitness to the event
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• The main American strength when the war began was– An able and inspiring leader in George Washington
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• Many African Americans joined the Continental Army hoping that- Independence would lead to the end of slavery.
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• This map Shows: The Battle of Yorktown• In which State did this Take Place: Virginia• Which 3 Countries were involved: America,
France, Great Britain• Outcome: Cornwallis surrendered