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DIRECTIONS: Filling in the Blanks In the space provided, write the word or words that best
complete the sentence. Refer to your textbook to fill in the blanks.
1. In the 1740s, the British and French both became interested in the
2. The
.
controlled western New York—territory the French had to
pass through to reach the Ohio River.
3. The
was a meeting in 1754 of colonial delegates and Iroquois
leaders.
4. The Albany Plan of Union proposed that the colonies unite to form a
.
5. The defeat of British troops near Fort Duquesne inspired the
people to attack British settlers in western Pennsylvania.
6. After defeating French forces defending
, the British seized the city
and took control of New France.
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7. In the spring of 1763,
, chief of the Ottawa people, decided to go to
war against the British.
8. George Grenville convinced Parliament to pass a law allowing colonial
9. The American Revenue Act of 1764, better known as the
, changed
the tax rates for imported raw sugar and molasses.
10. James Otis argued that the colonists could not be taxed to pay for
because they had no representation in Parliament.
11. In order to slow inflation, Parliament passed the
, which banned
the use of paper money in the colonies.
12. The Stamp Act, which required stamps to be placed on most
, was
the first direct tax Britain had placed on the colonists.
13. The Revenue Act legalized
, general search warrants that enabled
customs officers to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling.
14. In May 1769, Virginia’s House of Burgesses passed the
, stating
that only the House could tax Virginians.
15. The
occurred after a crowd of colonists began taunting and
throwing snowballs at a British soldier guarding a customs house.
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to be tried in a vice-admiralty court.
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DIRECTIONS: Outlining Read the section and complete the outline below. Refer to your
textbook to fill in the blanks.
I. Massachusetts Defies Britain
A. Thomas Jefferson suggested that each colony create a
to communicate with the other colonies about British activities.
B. The Coercive Acts, passed in 1774, were intended to punish
for
the Boston Tea Party and end colonial challenges to British authority.
C. The Coercive Acts violated several traditional English rights, including the right to
trial by
D. The
.
expressed loyalty to the king, but condemned the
Coercive Acts.
II. The Revolution Begins
A. Americans who backed
who controlled the local governments.
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C. By May 1775, militia troops had surrounded
, trapping the
British inside.
D. The Second Continental Congress “adopted” the militia army and named it the
.
E. The
showed that the
colonial militia could stand up to one of the world’s most feared armies.
III. The Decision to Declare Independence
A. The
stated that the colonies were
still loyal to George III and asked him to call off hostilities and resolve the situation
peacefully.
B. Unable to reach a compromise with Britain, the
increasingly began to
act like an independent government.
C. Governor Dunmore of Virginia proclaimed that
enslaved by rebels would be freed if they fought for the Loyalists.
D. Thomas Paine’s
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the planters and
regarded the king as their protector against
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B. Many backcountry
were known as loyalists or Tories.
argued that King George was a tyrant, and that
it was time to declare independence from Britain.
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★ Guided Reading Activity 2-3
DIRECTIONS: Recalling Facts Read the section and answer the questions below. Refer to your
textbook to write the answers.
1. How did the Continental Army compare to the British troops?
2. Why did the Continental Congress have trouble paying for the war?
3. What is the name for the kind of fighting practiced by the militias?
4. Where was the British headquarters throughout the war?
5. Why did Thomas Paine write The American Crisis?
6. Why were the British surprised by Washington’s attack on their camp at Trenton?
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7. Why was General Howe’s attack on Philadelphia a political failure?
8. Why did the Iroquois ally themselves with Britain?
10. Who attacked western Pennsylvania in July 1778, burning towns and killing over 200
militia?
11. What did letters of marque allow private ship owners to do?
12. Why was the South valuable to the British?
13. Where was the greatest American defeat in the war?
14. Who led the most famous of the small hit-and-run units that carried out raids against
British camps and supply wagons in the South?
15. What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?
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9. Who took 175 troops down the Ohio River and captured several towns?
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DIRECTIONS: Recording Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How Read the section and
answer the questions below. Refer to your textbook to write the answers.
1. What is a republic?
2. What traditional beliefs about wealth did the new republican government contradict?
3. Why did John Adams believe a legislature should have two houses?
4. Where were the first three state constitutions that established an elected governor, senate,
and assembly?
5. Who wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
6. How did Mary Ludwig Hays contribute to the Revolution?
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7. What advances in education did women make after the Revolution?
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8. How did the Revolution benefit some enslaved Africans?
9. When did emancipation become a major issue in the North?
10. How were freed African Americans discriminated against in terms of employment?
11. What was manumission?
12. Where did most Loyalists who left the United States go after the Revolution?
13. How did stories of the Revolution and its heroes affect Americans?
14. What was the first state university in the nation?
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