Unit 3 Review

CHAPTER 7
The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775
Identify and state the historical signifcance of the following:
1. John Hancock
2. Lord North
3. George Grenville
4. Samuel Adams
5. Charles Townshend
6. John Adams
7. Crispus Attucks
8. Marquis de Lafayette
9. King George III
10.Baron von Steuben
11.Thomas Hutchinson
12.Abigail Adams
13.Benjamin Franklin
14.Edmund Burke
15.Ann Hulton
16.John Dickinson
17.Adam Smith
Defne and state the historical signifcance of the following:
18.mercantilism
19.No taxation without representation
20.nonimportation agreement
21.royal veto
22.internal/external taxation
23.virtual representation
24.boycott
25.enumerated products
Describe and state the historical signifcance of the following:
26.Board of Trade
27.Sons of Liberty & Daughters of Liberty
28.Quebec Act
29.Navigation Acts
30.Declaratory Act
31.First Continental Congress
32.Sugar Act
33.Townshend Acts
34.Quartering Act
35.Boston Massacre
36.The Association
37.Stamp Act
38.committees of correspondence
39.Hessians
40.admiralty courts
41.Boston Tea Party
42.Loyalists
43.Stamp Act Congress
44.Intolerable Acts
45.British East India Company
46.Battle of Lexington and Concord
110.Explain the relationship between mercantilism, the Navigation Laws, and
British eforts to create an administrative structure for their empire after
1696.
111.Given that the Quebec Act did not apply to the thirteen seaboard colonies,
why did the act create such a stir of protest among them?
112.Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of the British and
the colonists, respectively, as the American Revolutionary War began? What
would Britain have to do to win? What would the colonists have to do to win?
113.What does the phrase point of no return mean to you? Identify that point in
colonial-British relations between 1760 and 1776 and explain why you
picked that event/date.
114.Write your defnition of conspiracy. Then use this defnition to argue that the
colonists were or were not victims of a British conspiracy to rob them of their
liberties.
115.Both the British and the colonists were devoted to the principle of No
taxation without representation. To what extent did both taxation and
representation become major sources of controversy between the colonists
and Parliament?
116.In what ways were the mercantilist policies of the British burdensome to the
colonists? In what ways were they benefcial? From this comparison, draw a
conclusion about the efects of mercantilism and the Navigation Laws on
British-colonial relations up to 1763.
117.Which of the following do you think was most responsible for the confict
between Britain and its American colonies: the ineptness of parliamentary
leadership, the colonists' behavior, the high-handedness of King George III,
the British mercantilist system and Navigation Laws, or the actions of British
ofcials in the colonies? Justify your choice.
118.List the following in order of their importance to colonial protest: pamphlets,
boycotts, mob action, and committees of correspondence. Justify your
ranking.
119.It might be said that it was the British who were revolutionaries in 1763 and
the colonists who were conservatives attempting to preserve the status quo.
Explain.
120.Explain the following quote, Insurrection of thought usually precedes
insurrection of deed. What does this mean? In what ways is this
generalization an accurate description of the coming of the American
Revolutionary War?
121.Create a scenario for the period 17631776 to demonstrate that the
American Revolutionary War and colonial independence from Great Britain
were not inevitable.
122.Explain the following quote, In the American wilderness, they encountered a
world that was theirs to make afresh.
CHAPTER 8
America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783
Identify and state the historical signifcance of the following:
1. George Washington
2. William Howe
3. Nathanael Greene
4. Benedict Arnold
5. John Burgoyne
6. Charles Cornwallis
7. Thomas Paine
8. Barry St. Leger
9. George Rogers Clark
10.Richard Henry Lee
11.Horatio Gates
12.John Paul Jones
13.Thomas Jeferson
14.Marquis de Lafayette
15.Admiral de Grasse
16.Patrick Henry
17.Comte de Rochambeau
18.John Jay
19.Ethan Allen
20.Abigail Adams
21.Richard Montgomery
22.George III
Defne and state the historical signifcance of the following:
23.mercenaries
24.natural rights
25.privateering
26.republicanism
27.natural aristocracy
28.popular consent
29.civic virtue
Describe and state the historical signifcance of the following:
30.Second Continental Congress
31.Common Sense
32.Declaration of Independence
33.Loyalists/Tories
34.Patriots/Whigs
35.Treaty of Paris of 1783
36.Bunker Hill
37.Battle of Saratoga
38.Battle of Yorktown
39.Hessians
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
40._____ Ticonderoga
Ans: 2
41._____ Bunker Hill
Ans: 4
42._____ Long Island
Ans: 6
43._____ Trenton
Ans: 8
44._____ Princeton
Ans: 7
45._____ Albany
Ans: 1
46._____ Yorktown
Ans: 11
47._____ Philadelphia
Ans: 10
48._____ Charleston
Ans: 12
49._____ Saratoga
Ans: 3
50._____ Newport
Ans: 5
51._____ Valley Forge
Ans: 9
128.What qualities in George Washington made him a good choice for
commanding the Revolutionary army? What were his most valuable
contributions to independence?
129.The combat of the Revolutionary War began in the spring of 1775. Why did
colonists wait until the summer of 1776 to declare independence?
130.Account for the widespread and enthusiastic colonial reception of Thomas
Paine's Common Sense.
131.Colonists had debated with Parliament and protested its actions since 1763.
Why, then, did the Declaration of Independence single out King George III as
the tyrant threatening their liberties?
132.Write your defnition of loyalty. Then explain why the Loyalists were held in
such low regard and treated with abuse during the Revolutionary War.
133.List the three most important battles of the Revolutionary War. Justify your
selections.
134.Many historians argue that without French aid, the colonies could never have
won their independence. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
135.Thomas Jeferson was a slave owner. Why, then, did he state in the
Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal?
136.Explain why the text's authors conclude that the Franco-American alliance
was not prompted by a love for America but by a realistic concern for the
interests of France. In what ways did the French contribute to colonial
independence?
137.Assess the validity of the following claim, the British 'lost' the Revolutionary
War more than the Americans 'won' it.
138. Historians have argued for many years over why the Revolution occurred.
In your opinion, what school of thought is the most convincing, and why?
CHAPTER 9
The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790
Identify and state the historical signifcance of the following:
1. Abigail Adams
2. Daniel Shays
3. Alexander Hamilton
4. James Madison
5. Gouverneur Morris
6. Thomas Jeferson
Defne and state the historical signifcance of the following:
7. primogeniture
8. federation
9. checks and balances
10.sovereignty
11.mobocracy
12.consent of the governed
13.republicanism
14.states' rights
15.popular sovereignty
16.confederation
17.anarchy
18.republican motherhood
19.loose confederation
20.civic virtue
21.nonimportation agreements
22.ratifcation
23.constitutional convention
Describe and state the historical signifcance of the following:
24.Society of the Cincinnati
25.Great Compromise
26.Articles of Confederation
27.Electoral College
28.Land Ordinance of 1785
29.three-ffths compromise
30.Northwest Ordinance of 1787
31.antifederalists
32.Shays's Rebellion
33.Federalists
34.large-state plan
35.Constitution of the United States
36.The Federalist
37.bundle of compromises
38.Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom
39.Continental Congress
111.Why didn't the leaders of the American Revolution extend their spirit of
equality to the abolition of slavery and giving women the right to vote?
112.Compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution,
especially in regard to the specifc powers granted by each to the national
government.
113.Write your defnition of democracy. Then use this defnition to evaluate the
Constitution as it was penned in 1787. In what ways was it a democratic
document, and in what ways did it guard against democracy?
114.To what extent was anticolonialism established as a legacy of the American
Revolution? How, then, did the United States establish a justifcation for its
own future territorial expansion?
115.Historian Charles Beard described the Constitution as the reactionary
phase of the Revolutionary era. What did he mean by this, and what could
have led him to this conclusion?
116.Had you been a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, how would you
have voted on such issues as representation, taxation, regulation of
commerce, and the slave trade? Why?
117.Had you been a delegate to a state convention, charged with considering
ratifcation of the Constitution, which way would you have voted? Why?
118.List all the reasons why the Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced
in order of importance, starting with the most important reason. Justify your
selection and arrangement.
119.Thomas Jeferson observed that 173 despots would surely be as
oppressive as one. What was the context of his remark? What was
Jeferson warning against?
120.According to the text's authors, In some respects, the hated British
Navigation Laws were more disagreeable after independence than before.
What is the basis for their conclusion?
121.Thomas Jeferson once said he believed that all the good of the new
Constitution might have been accomplished by simply amending the Articles
of Confederation. According to the text's authors, it is probably a good thing
that the Founders did not merely amend the Articles of Confederation. With
which position do you agree? Why?
122.Assume that the Constitution had not been ratifed by the state conventions.
What do you think would have been the short- and long-term
consequences?
123.Compare and contrast the British notion of a constitution with that of the
Americans.