McDougal Littell Flip Cards - Chapter 4 Review PDF

# McDougal Littell Flip Cards - Chapter 4 Review ## Page 1 - **Front:** Where did the First Continental Congress meet? - **Back:** Philadelphia - **Front:** Every colony attended the First Continental Congress except which one? - **Back:** Georgia - **Front:** The First Continental Congress draf...

# McDougal Littell Flip Cards - Chapter 4 Review ## Page 1 - **Front:** Where did the First Continental Congress meet? - **Back:** Philadelphia - **Front:** Every colony attended the First Continental Congress except which one? - **Back:** Georgia - **Front:** The First Continental Congress drafted a Declaration of Rights. It said that the colonists had these rights... - **Back:** Life, Liberty, and Property - **Front:** Colonists who chose to fight for independence were called what? - **Back:** Patriots - **Front:** What famous line did Virginian Patrick Henry say? - **Back:** "Give me liberty or give me death." - **Front:** British troops were sent to seize colonial weapons stored here. - **Back:** Concord, Massachusetts - **Front:** He rode through the countryside warning colonists that the British were on the move. - **Back:** Paul Revere - **Front:** How many other riders also sounded the alarm about the British advance to Concord? - **Back:** 2, Samuel Prescott and William Dawes - **Front:** The colonial local militia were called what? - **Back:** Minuetmen - **Front:** The first shots of the American Revolution were fired here. - **Back:** Lexington, Massachusetts ## Page 2 - **Front:** When does the American Revolution start? - **Back:** April 19, 1775 - **Front:** Who won the battle Lexington/Concord? - **Back:** Patriots. The British were forced to retreat back into Boston. - **Front:** Where did the Second Continental Congress meet? - **Back:** Philadelphia - **Front:** The Second Continental Congress sent the king this petition asking again for peace. - **Back:** Olive Branch Petition - **Front:** Who was the King of England during this time? - **Back:** King George III - **Front:** Who did the Second Continental Congress put in charge of the Continental Army? - **Back:** The Virginian, George Washington - **Front:** Who led the Patriots at the Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga? - **Back:** Ethan Allen - **Front:** What was unique about the battle for Ft. Ticonderoga? - **Back:** The Patriots took it without firing a shot. - **Front:** How many cannon did the Patriots capture at Ft. Ticonderoga? - **Back:** 50 - **Front:** The Battle of Bunker Hill actually takes place on which hill? - **Back:** Breeds Hill ## Page 3 - **Front:** Because the Patriots were outnumbered at Bunker Hill, what command was given to them by their general? - **Back:** "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" - **Front:** How many times would the British troops advance on "Bunker Hill?" - **Back:** 3 - **Front:** Which side won the Battle of Bunker Hill? - **Back:** British - **Front:** What would be the bloodiest battle of the war? - **Back:** The Battle of Bunker Hill - **Front:** At this battle, Washington would move troops and cannon into position on the hills overlooking Boston Harbor forcing the British to retreat from Boston. - **Back:** Dorchester Heights - **Front:** He wrote "Common Sense." - **Back:** Thomas Paine - **Front:** According to Thomas Paine, who should make the laws for society? - **Back:** Citizens and not monarchs or kings and queens. - **Front:** The abuse of government power is called what? - **Back:** Tyranny - **Front:** How many copies did Thomas Paine's Common Sense sell? - **Back:** 500,000 copies - **Front:** How many men were on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence? - **Back:** 5 ## Page 4 - **Front:** Who was the primary author of the Declaration? - **Back:** Thomas Jefferson - **Front:** When was the Declaration of Independence approved? - **Back:** July 4, 1776 - **Front:** About how many colonists were Patriots early in the war? - **Back:** 40-45% - **Front:** About how many colonists were Loyalists early in the war? - **Back:** 20-30% - **Front:** About how many colonists remained neutral early in the war? - **Back:** 25% - **Front:** The Declaration of Independence did not address the rights of these groups of people. - **Back:** Women, enslaved Africans, Native Americans - **Front:** Many of the Continental soldiers were under the age of what? - **Back:** 16 - **Front:** Which side did African Americans fight on? - **Back:** Both. The British promised them their freedom, and many free African Americans also fought for the Patriots, even though they were banned from serving at first. - **Front:** How did women aid in the American Revolution? - **Back:** Ran farms and businesses, served as messengers, nurses, spies, and some even disguised themselves and fought. - **Front:** What did Americans want to make the "14th Colony?" - **Back:** Canada