American Revolution Study Guide

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1 American Revolution Study Guide ESSAYS four of the five essays on this review sheet will be on your test. The material from the essay not on the test may appear in another section of the test. You will be required to complete THREE essays for the test. Students may not answer an extra essay with the expectation that I will grade the best three. I will grade the first three essays attempted. Students who start an essay and choose to stop and complete the other three must clearly indicate that the incomplete essay is to be disregarded. 1) Explain three (3) reasons why England did not enforce the Navigation Acts for over 100 years. What was the result of British non-enforcement of the Navigation Acts? 2) List and describe the members of the upper and lower social classes in America in 1776 (2 in each). Include a description of who they were, what they did, and what region(s) they lived in. 3) Define mercantilism as it existed between Great Britain and the American colonies. Describe the system of mercantilism that existed between Great Britain and the American colonies. 4) Explain the Stamp Act of 1765 and its effect on the American colonies. Why was the Stamp Act significant within the American colonies? Identify and describe the most effective means of American protest against the Stamp Act. Explain why this form of protest was so effective. 5) How did Great Britain remain a strong, wealthy and powerful country after the American Revolution? Explain what was happening in Great Britain at the time (mid-to-late 1700s). NEED TO KNOW may include identification, fill-in, multiple choice, and/or true/false 13 British colonies in America as if What were the Navigation Acts? Seven Years War ) Where was it fought 2) Who fought

2 French & Indian War ) Where was it fought? 2) Who fought? 3) Why? Treaty of Paris ) What was it? 2) Impact on England (positive & negative)? Impact of French & Indian War and British troops in North America had on American colonies. British position towards colonies as it related to war debt from French & Indian War Why? What was unusual about Sugar Act of 1764? Boston Massacre 1) Where? 2) When? 3)What happened (event & aftermath) Tea Act of ) What was it? 2) How did colonists resist (where, when, what was done)?

3 Intolerable Acts of 1774 What did they do (summarize)? Why named intolerable = Tipping Point in colonies. Battles of Lexington & Concord ) What led to the battles? 2) Result of battles in colonies. Declaration of Independence 1) Who wrote first draft? 2) When was it signed by Second Continental Congress delegates? 3) What was intention of Jefferson and committee with phrase Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness?

4 1776 Percentages of colonists in America who favored independence, who were loyal to England, and who were neutral. How did American rebels treat loyalists and neutrals? Colonists who supported independence from Great Britain said We re already separate! What were the ways they argued they were already separate and DESERVED their independence from Great Britain? What social classes started the American Revolution? What social classes were needed to fight for independence (recruited)? What was used to get these classes to join the fight for independence?

5 Three factors that allowed America defeat a much stronger power in Great Britain 1) Guerrilla warfare know examples & where this style of fighting was supported (region) 2) French aid why aid took so long & what event led to French aid 3) Americans won by outlasting British When did fighting in Revolutionary War end (unofficially)? What treaty officially ended the American Revolution? Actual fighting in American Revolution done by members of what two lower social classes? What was the name of the document that established the first government of the United States after the American Revolution? Who held the power in that government?