Revolutionary War Study Guide

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Revolutionary War Study Guide

• 4th grade

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Militia-a group of citizens trained to serve as
soldiers as needed.

• In 1775, many colonists joined a militia to
  help the colonies prepare for war.

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Ally-another nation that is considered a friend
to a country.

• In the French and Indian War, France relied on
  American Indians as an important ally.

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Protest-an organized demonstration to show
disagreement against something.

• Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty organized
  a protest against the Stamp Act.

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Massacre-the killing of many people.

• When soldiers killed five people during a
  fight in Boston, angry colonists called it a
  massacre.

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Why did the British Parliament need to collect
more taxes?

• The British Parliament need to tax the
  colonies because the French and Indian War had
  cost them a lot of money.

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What was one way the colonists worked together to
protest British actions?

• One way the colonists worked together to
  oppose British actions was that they created the
  Committees of Correspondence.

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Taxation without Representation

• The colonists were upset about the new taxes
  because they did not agree with being taxed
  without representation.

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Proclamation Line of 1763 King George wanted to
make peace with Indians by telling colonists that
they could not settle west of the Appalachian
Mountains.

• The colonists and the Native Americans were
  separated by the Proclamation Line of 1763.

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Who gained the most land from the French and
Indian War?

• Britain gained a large amount of land as an
  effect of the French and Indian War.

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Important People

• The primary author of The Declaration of
  Independence was Thomas Jefferson.
• The King of England (Britain) during the American
  Revolution was King George III.
• The leader of the Continental Army, and Americas
  first President was George Washington.

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Important People

• A silversmith who warned the patriots that the
  British were coming was Paul Revere.
• An inventor and patriot who ran a newspaper in
  Pennsylvania was Benjamin Franklin.
• John Adams defended the British soldiers in trial
  after the Boston Massacre. He was also our second
  president and helped write the Declaration of
  Independence.

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Important People

• Patrick Henry was famous for the quote, Give me
  liberty or give me death!
• A hero who later became a traitor was Benedict
  Arnold.
• All of these people will be on the test, so
  you need to be familiar with them.

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Important Events and Actions

• Sons of Liberty was an organization founded by
  Samuel Adams that organized against the British.
• A protest against the tea tax by colonists
  dressed like Mohawk Indians was The Boston Tea
  Party.
• The document that stated America wanted to be
  independent from England was The Declaration of
  Independence.
• The slogan against paying taxes without a voice
  in Parliament was, No taxation without
• representation!

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Important Events and Actions

• A tax levied on any printed material was known as
  The Stamp Act.
• The colonists called the laws passed in response
  to the Boston Tea Party the Intolerable Acts.
• The British surrendered at Yorktown after
  becoming trapped.
• The battles of Lexington and Concord \
  were the first major battles of the war.