Review for Unit 3 Test
Section I – Match the quotes with the person who said them.
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“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” Nathan Hale
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“Stand you ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon. If they mean to have a war, let it begin here.” Cpt. John Parker
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“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall hang separately.” Benjamin Franklin
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“I have not yet begun to fight.” John Paul Jones
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“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of men and women.” Thomas Paine
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“But as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!” Patrick Henry
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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 . . .” Thomas Jefferson
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“Resolved: that these United Colonies are, and of right out to be, free and independent states.” Richard Henry Lee
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“We must master them, or leave them to themselves.” George III
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“All men would be tyrants if they could.” Abigail Adams
Section II - Complete the Chart – from the first page of your class notes on the war
British Action Colonists’ Reaction
Proclamation of 1763 closes frontier Colonists ignore and settle anyway
Stamp Act taxes printed materials Stamp Act Congress/General Boycott
Tea Act/Cheap tea shipped to colonies Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts 1st Cont. Congress formed/General boycott
March on Lexington and Concord Minutemen Resist
Section III: Chronology
Stamp Act
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Battle of Lexington & Concord
Battle of Bunker Hill
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Battle of Saratoga
Washington’s victory at Yorktown
Section IV – Matching
The main author of the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson
Young French noble who came to America to fight with Washington. Lafayette
British general defeated at Yorktown in the summer of 1781. Cornwallis
Documents allowing for unlimited searches. Writs of assistance
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. George Washington
A disloyal Patriot general who betrayed his country by planning to turn over the fort at West Point to the British. Benedict Arnold
The refusal to buy a particular good. Boycott
Hill overlooking Boston where the British and local militia fought. Bunker Hill
American scientist and statesman who helped arrange a military alliance with France during the Revolution. Ben Franklin
German mercenaries hired by the British to fight in America. Hessians
American naval hero during the Revolutionary War. John Paul Jones
Site of the final battle that ended the Revolutionary War. Yorktown
Groups of patriot militia who could be prepared quickly. Minutemen
A plea urging George III to protect the colonists from an unfair Parliament. Olive Branch Petition
Law which prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. Proclamation of 1763
This put a tax on almost all printed material in the colonies. Stamp Act
A writer whose pamphlet, “Common Sense” convinced many colonists they should be independent from Great Britain. Thomas Paine
Document expressing new ideas about the rights of people and breaking all ties with Great Britain. Declaration of Independence
Led the Green Mountain Boys. Ethan Allen
Boston patriot and head of the Sons of Liberty. Sam Adams
Set of laws passed as a reaction to the Boston Tea Party. Intolerable Acts
Americans who wanted to remain British subjects. (two names) Tories Loyalists
Active female Patriots. Daughters of Liberty
The group of colonial delegates who declared our independence from Great Britain.
The day Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. 2nd Continental Congress. July 4, 1776
This law gave the British Parliament the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.” Declatory Act
Place where Washington launched a surprise attack on Christmas night, 1776. Trenton
Camp near Philadelphia where Washington and his men underwent great hardships during the winter of 1777-1778. Valley Forge
To cancel a law. Repeal
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