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Unit III Test: The American Revolution

Test Date: 12/1/2016
Study Guide
Below is a comprehensive timeline of all the material covered in this unit. You should understand each of the below
acts/taxes/people/events/battles and how they relate to one another (causes & effects).
Recommended study strategies:
Create and study timeline/flowchart with summaries, causes,
and effects
Create and study flashcards with summaries, causes, and
effects
Attend review session, Tuesday 11/29 in room 122 at 3pm.

The Road to Revolution:

The Enlightenment
John Lockes main ideas:
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_______________________________
_______________________________
(1754-1763) The French and Indian War
Causes:
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_______________________________
Effects:
________________________
_______________________________

The War Breaks Out:

(1775) The Battle of Lexington & Concord

(1775) The Battle of Bunker Hill

(1776) Thomas Paine writes Common

Sense
Purpose:
_______________________
Reasoning:
_____________________
_______________________________

(1776) The Declaration of Independence

(1765) The Quartering Act

(1776) The Battle of Long Island

(1765) The Stamp Act

Colonists oppose act because:
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_______________________________
_______________________________
Colonists respond by:
_____________
_______________________________
_______________________________
No Taxation Without
Representation

(1776) The Battle of Trenton

(1777) General Howe captures Philadelphia

(1766) The Declaratory Act

(1767) The Townshend Acts

(1770) The Boston Massacre

(1772) The Gaspee Affair

(1774) The Boston Tea Party

The Sons of Liberty

(1774) The Coercive/Intolerable Acts

(1777) General John Burgoyne Surrenders at

Saratoga
Convincing
______________________ to
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(1777) The Winter at Valley Forge

(1778-1782) The Southern Theatre

(1779) The Sullivan Expedition

(1780) Banastre Tarleton and the Waxhaws

Massacre

(1781) The Battle of Yorktown

(1783) The Treaty of Paris

Britain Recognizes
__________________
Debts
_____________________________

 Property of Loyalists
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In The War:

American

British

Advantages:

Advantages:

Disadvantages:

Disadvantages:

Strategy:

Strategy:

HINT: Geography is always relevant