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Test Date: ______

People to know:

  1. George Washington:What did he lead?
  1. John Paul Jones: Who was he captain of?
  1. Benedict Arnold: What is he remembered as?
  1. King George III: Who did he rule?
  1. Deborah Sampson:What was she remembered for?
  1. Phyllis Wheatley:What was she remembered for?
  1. Thomas Paine: What did he write?
  1. Paul Revere: What did he warn the colonists about and how did he do it?

Events to know (and the dates/order of events):

  1. Declaration of Independence (1776)
  2. Written by Thomas Jefferson
  3. Signed and adopted by Congress on July 4th, 1776
  4. Stated certain unalienable rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
  5. Stated that all men are created equal
  1. Battle of Bunker Hill
  2. British “victory” even though over 1,000 British soldiers were killed or wounded
  3. Important for the colonists because of the confidence gained due to their ability to hold their own against the British
  4. Fought on Breed’s Hill
  5. Second Continental Congress
  6. George Washington appointed to head the new Continental Army
  7. “Olive Branch Petition” sent to King George to ask for peace one more time
  8. Declaration of Independence was written and signed
  9. Battle at Trenton (Washington Crossing the Delaware)
  10. Surprise attack on the British on Christmas Day
  11. 2,400 “Americans”, 1,000 Hessians, 10 row boats
  12. Only five colonists killed
  13. Saratoga (June 1777)
  14. Burgoyne had 600 wagons he was taking though the wilderness
  15. Took 20 days for 22 miles to reach Saratoga
  16. Colonists prepared by then and won the battle
  17. French joined the Colonists
  18. Intolerable Acts (1773)
  19. Reaction to the Boston Tea Party
  20. Parliament passed laws to punish the people of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea
  21. Took away colonists rights to self-govern
  22. British army general appointed to be governor of Massachusetts
  23. Sent British troops to Boston and ordered colonists to house them
  24. Battle at Sea (1778)
  25. No official navy, merchant ships used as war ships
  26. One of the bloodiest battles fought between warships
  27. American captain John Paul Jones yelled, “I have not yet begun to fight” when the British asked if he would surrender.
  28. Battle of Yorktown (1781)
  29. Last great battle of the American Revolution
  30. Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown
  31. French and Indian War (1775-1763)
  32. Great Britain and France fight for power in North America
  33. British want to claim Fort Duquesne to drive French out of Ohio River Valley
  34. William Pitt takes over British foreign affairs and helps take control over two rivers to block French supplies from getting to troops
  35. Effect: Britain wins and becomes the main European power in North America, but had to pay financially for the war
  1. Boston Tea Party (1773)
  2. British began to tax colonists on their tea in order to help pay for the French and Indian War. Colonists believed this was “taxation without representation”
  3. Group of colonists lead by Sons of Liberty snuck onto British tea ships dressed as Native Americans
  4. Dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor

Economics

Opportunity cost:

Opportunity Cost Application: If you were a colonist, what would be the opportunity cost of breaking away from Great Britain?

Natural Resource:

Human Resource:

Capital Resource:

Resource Application: List the natural, human, and capital resources needed to create a boat that colonists could use for trading goods with other countries