This document provides information about key people, ideas, events, and documents of the American Revolution in a question-and-answer format. It discusses influential thinkers like John Locke and his ideas of natural rights that influenced the Declaration of Independence. Key revolutionary figures asked about include Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry. Pivotal events like the Boston Tea Party, Battles of Lexington and Concord, and the signing of the Declaration of Independence and Treaty of Paris ending the war are also addressed.

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2. This Virginian wrote the
Declaration of
Independence. This
Virginian led the
Continental Army in the
Revolution. (Two names)

3. Who are Thomas Jefferson
and George Washington?
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4. This Englishman wrote
“Common Sense,” which urged
the colonies to become
independent.

5. Who is Thomas Paine?

6. This Englishman‟s
Enlightenment ideas about
“life, liberty and property,” and
the “consent of the governed”
greatly influenced „Common
Sense‟ and the Declaration of
Independence.

7. Who is John Locke?

8. These two men are noted
patriots. One said “give me
liberty or give me death!” The
other helped negotiate a
Treaty of Alliance with France
that guaranteed its help
against Britain.

9. Who are Patrick Henry and
Benjamin Franklin?

10. This man – considered “the
most dangerous man in
Massachusetts – formed the
Sons of Liberty.

11. Who is Samuel Adams?

12. In this, the British said 2
things:
1. The land it won from France
in the French and Indian war
was reserved for natives.
2. No colonist was supposed to
move west of the
Appalachians.

13. What is the Proclamation of
1763?

14. Put these events in
chronological order:
A. Lexington and Concord
B. Proclamation of 1763
C. Boston Tea Party

15. What is B, C, A?
(Proclamation of 1763,
Boston Tea Party (1773),
Lexington and Concord
(1775)?

16. This was the main purpose of
the Tea Act. It upset
Bostonians so much that they
dressed up like natives and
threw a “party.”

17. What is to give a British
company a monopoly on tea?

18. The Stamp Act was a direct
tax on what kinds of goods?

19. What is all printed (or
published) material?
(Newspapers, marriage
licenses, playing cards)

20. What really made the colonists
mad about such laws as the
Quartering Act, the Stamp
Act, the Townshend Act and
the Tea Act?

21. What is the fact that they
were not consulted about
the laws and that the laws
threatened their liberty.

22. When John Locke argued that
all men had “natural rights,” he
meant these three things.

23. What are “life, liberty and
property”?

24. When Jefferson borrowed
some of John Locke‟s natural
rights, he used this 2-word
phrase – slightly different
from Locke‟s – to describe
them.

25. What is “unalienable
rights”?

26. In Locke‟s opinion, if a
government is abusing its
people, they have the right to
do this.

27. What is “to rebel”?

28. The Declaration of
Independence is based
primarily on this four-word
phrase – again adapted from
Locke.

29. What is “consent of the
governed?”

30. The Declaration of
Independence begins with a
statement of basic rights.
What is the introductory
statement called?

31. What is a preamble?

32. In this document, 56 men
announced the colonies‟
intention to become a new
nation.

33. What is the Declaration of
Independence? (BONUS:
What is the date associated
with this?)

34. In these skirmishes,
minutemen engaged British
redcoats who were on their
way to capture colonial
weapons and colonial rebels.

35. What is Lexington &
Concord? (BONUS: What is
the famous phrase
associated with these
battles?)

36. This victory is the turning
point of the war: Britain
realized it was tired of
fighting; France realized the
colonists might win and decided
to help the Americans defeat
France‟s old enemy.

37. What is Saratoga?
|(BONUS: In what state
does this battle occur?)

38. Name the last battle of the
war and the British general who
was forced to surrender.

39. What is Yorktown and who
is Cornwallis?
(Bonus: What fleet cuts off
the British escape?)

40. This document ends the
Revolution but will cause
problems later because the
British fail to remove troops
from the United States – as it
promised.

41. What is the Treaty of
Paris?
BONUS: Name two of the
three main American
negotiators.

42. This man, one of the most
famous of the era, is credited
with creating the first political
cartoon – the “join or die”
snake urging colonists to unite.
He also published “Poor
Richard‟s Almanack.”

43. Who is Benjamin Franklin?

44. This was the nickname given to
the militia members who were
ready on short notice to take
up their weapons and fight
against the British.

45. Who are the “minutemen”?
Bonus: With which battles
do we associate them?

46. This was the nickname given to
colonists who remained faithful
to England during the
revolution.

47. What is “Loyalists” or
“Tories”?
(Bonus: What were the
enthusiastic colonists
pushing for independence
called?)

48. This rabble-rousing group was
responsible for organizing the
effort to throw cases of tea
into Boston Harbor.

49. What is the Sons of
Liberty?

50. This group of elected officials
was responsible for approving
the Declaration of
Independence and the Articles
of Confederation. It also “ran”
the Revolution.

51. What is the Second
Continental Congress?
(Bonus: Name its president,
who was famous also for
signing his name in a BIG
way.)