Unit 2 Challenge

Match the following

• Final major battle of the Am Rev

• Treaty of Paris of 1783

• Turning point of the Am Rev

• Valley Forge

• 1st & 2nd battles of the Am Rev

• Lexington & Concord

• Officially ends the American Revolution

• Yorktown

• Winter when Washington loses 1/4 men

• Saratoga

Place the following in the correct chronological order.

• Lexington and Concord

• Saratoga

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris of 1783

• Yorktown

Why was the victory at Saratoga a turning point in U.S. History

• It convinced France to support the American cause

• The battle led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The battle represented the end of the American Revolution.

• It marked a major change in the leadership of the Continental Army

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8.4(C)

Which of the following prompted General Washington to write this letter?

• A shortage of Continental soldiers to maintain the siege of Yorktown

• The high number of casualties suffered during the Battle of Bunker Hill

• Low morale after the British army captured New York City

• Concern for the Continental Army during the winter at Valley Forge

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8.4(C)

Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

• Saratoga

• Concord

• Trenton

• Yorktown

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8.4(C)

To which of the following is Abigail Adams referring in this excerpt?

• The American victory at the Battle of Yorktown

• The negotiation of the Treaty of Paris by American diplomats

• The bravery of American soldiers at Valley Forge

• The arrival of French aid after the Battle of Saratoga

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8.4(C)

Match the following

• Document adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, declaring the thirteen American colonies independent from Great Britain

• Declaration of Independence

• Political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, against the British government and its taxation policies

• Boston Tea Party

• Tax imposed on American colonists by the British government on printed materials

• Intolerable Acts

• Passed as punishment for the Tea Party

• Proclamation of 1763

• British law that prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Stamp Act

Select two of the issues. How was each issue a cause of the American Revolution?

Answer explanation

Correct Answer (Correct answers include references to any two:

• Proclamation of 1763: The British restricted/prevented westward expansion and settlement.

• Stamp Act: All colonists had to pay taxes on documents and paper. Taxes had to be paid in silver, which was difficult to acquire.

• Unfair taxation/lack of representation in Parliament: Colonists had to pay taxes that were created by a government in which they did not have representation.

• British economic policies following the French and Indian War: The British used taxes from the colonies to pay off debt from the war.

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8.4(A)

How did the American colonies react to the enforcement of the Intolerable Acts?

• By collecting funds to pay for the tea destroyed in Boston Harbor

• By sending ambassadors to France to request military aid

• By placing a tax on all goods imported from Great Britain

• By holding the First Continental Congress to discuss unified resistance

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8.4(A)

The American colonists IMMEDIATELY responded to the 1774 laws described in these headlines by (a)   .

• The First Continental Congress decl
• The colonists adopted the Articles
• The First Continental Congress sent
• The colonists adopted the Bill of R

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8.4(A)