Unit 2: American Revolution

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

Which colonial region grew cash crops?

What was the center of the shipping trade in North America?

Which group wanted independence from Britain?

What policy allowed the colonies to participate in self government?

What prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the social contract?

Which were parts of the Intolerable Acts?

What policy established control of parliament and the king over the colonies?

Which leader would not be chosen by an Enlightenment thinker?

Which region was involved in shipping and trade?

Which event was used as propaganda against the British?

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the rights of life, liberty, and property?

Which colonial region was known for town meetings?

Which British general surrendered to the Americans?

Which was not a part of the Treaty of Paris, 1783?

Who communicated using Committees of Correspondence?

Who wrote Common Sense?

Who convinced the French to help the American cause?

Which battle convinced the French to support the Americans?

Where did Washington and his troops spend the winter of 1777-1778?

Which protest was used most often by colonists?

Where were the first battles of the Revolutionary War?

Which event began parliamentary sovereignty in the colonies?

Which text encouraged people to join the Patriots?

What did the Americans learn from the Natives during the French and Indian War?

Who was the leader of the Continental Army?

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the separation of powers?

Which group formed to protest the Stamp Act?

Who helped George Washington train the Continental Army?

Which event was a result of the Intolerable Acts?

Why were the Intolerable Acts passed?

Which group believed in equality for all?

Which war left the British in debt?