Unit 4 Study Guide PDF

Name:_______________________________ Unit 4 Study Guide 1.​Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet were the first ___________________to explorer the Mississippi River. 2.​A river or stream that flows into a larger river is called a_________________. 3.​This explorer and his men built a fo...

Name:_______________________________ Unit 4 Study Guide 1.​Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet were the first ___________________to explorer the Mississippi River. 2.​A river or stream that flows into a larger river is called a_________________. 3.​This explorer and his men built a fort at what is today _____________________. He claimed this territory for _______________________ and he named it ________________. 4.​New Orleans was founded in ______. It became the largest French settlement in ________________. 5.​Colonist in Louisiana built _______________, brought in enslaved ____________, and raised __________,__________,____________. 6.​Disagreement between France and Great Britain over land in the Ohio River Valley led to the _______________________​ ___________________. 7.​_____________________defeated the French at Fort Duquesne, but did not capture it. 8.​In 1755 The British were defeated at Fort Dequesne and was killed ___________________________. 9.​The British captured Fort Dequesne in 1758 with __________help. 10.​ The French and Indian War ended when the British captured ____________ and forced the French from Canada. 11.​ The French and Indian War was ended when the _______​ _________________________________. 12.​ This official announcement set aside land west of the Appalachian Mountains for Native American groups. _____​ ___________________________. 13.​ The Ottawa Chief ____________united Native Americans in the Ohio River valley to drive out the British but was defeated by the British army in _________. 14.​ To pay for the war the British raised taxes on the colonists. In ______the British government passed the ______________. 15.​ Angry colonist staged a _______________refusing to buy goods or serves. 16.​ _____________ and other colonists for a group called the  ________________________to protest against the Stamp Act. 17.​ In 1766 Parliament voted to _____________, or end the Stamp Act. In 1776 Parliament passed the ___________​ _____________that taxed paper, glass and paint. 18.​ On March 6, 1770, colonists gathered at the Boston Customs House. A fight broke out and __________________and 4 other colonist were killed. This event was called the _________________________________. 19.​ In 1773 the British government passed the ___________. 20.​ On the night of December 16, 1773, the _____________​ _______________________ disguised a ______________​ __________________boarded the ships. They dumped the tea into the harbor. This event became known as the ______​ _____________________________. 21.​ _____________from the colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss the problem of “The Intolerable Acts.” 22.​ On April 18, 1775, 700 British soldiers were sent to Lexington to arrest _____________________ and ​ ______________________. 23.​ ______________________ and two other riders rode to warn them that the British were coming. Captain John Parker waited with colonial militia, called the __________________. 24.​ Fort Ticonderoga was captured by _________________,​ ___________________, and ________________________ without firing a shot. 25.​ The British won the Battle at Bunker Hill because the Americans ran out of _________________. 26.​ _________________was elected president of the Second Continental Congress, and he soon learned that the delegates did not all have the same goals for the Congress. 27.​ In July 1775 the Congress sent the _________________​ _______________to King George III. It only angered King George III and he sent more ______________to the colonies. 28.​ In 1775 Congress raised the _______________________ to fight the British. They named _______________________ The leader of the army. 29.​ Who was the committee appointed by Congress to write the Declaration of Independence?____________________​ _______________________________________________​ _______________________________________________​ _______________________________________________ 30.​ _____________________________wrote the Declaration of Independence. The final version of the Declaration of Independence was passed on and signed on ________________________. 31.​ In total how many delegates signed the Declaration of Independence?_____________ 32.​ Americans who supported the war were called ___________________. 33.​ What happened to American Soldiers in the early years of the Revolution?____________________________________​ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 34.​ How long did the Revolutionary war last?____________  35.​ Strengths and Weaknesses of British and American Army List some Strengths and Weaknesses of both Armies. British American Strengths Strengths Weaknesses Weaknesses 36.​ List some ways women supported the war at home. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 37.​ Patriot soldiers and other Americans faced many shortages during the war due to ______________________​ ________________________________________________​ ________________________________________________. 38.​ Farmers and merchants became wealthy by ___________________, or charging high prices for goods they hoarded. 39.​ Congress printed more too many “Continentals” but the treasury didn’t have enough gold to back up their value and this led to ___________________. 40.​ By December 25 Patriot soldiers such as Thomas Paine and others were leaving or _____________the army because of the lack of hope for a victory. 41.​ Washington crossed the Delaware Rive from Pennsylvania on December 25 and surprised the ____________at Trenton. On January 3, 1777 the Patriots defeated the British at Princeton, New Jersey and captured needed supplies which gave them food, weapons, shoes, and _____________. 42.​ The turning point in the Revolutionary war was the _____________________________on October 17,1777. 43.​ The Patriot vicotry convinced the French that the Americans could win independence from Great Britain, so the two governments signed a ______________________​ ___________to work together. 44.​ In the winter of 1777, Washington and his army facted a bitter winter at _____________________________. They  had few supplies and became sick from disease. During that cold winter the military instructor named ________________​ ______________________arrived from German. He taught them to fight together instead of ___________________. 45.​ The “Father of the American Navy” if _______________​ _________________ for his defeat of British warship Serapis off the coast of ____________________. 46.​ The Patriots gained control of the south with support from ______________and the closing of the port of __________​ ___________________________. 47.​ The British under Cornwallis was winning the battles but losing many ________________. 48.​ The British lost the war at Yorktown when the French and the Patriots learned of their plans with the help of _______​ ________________and his servant_________________a spy. The French navy set up a ___________________. This kept troops and supplies from reaching Cornwallis in Yorktown. Cornwallis’s attempt to escape the Patriot by rowing across the York River was stopped by a fierce storm. Cornwallis surrendered to Washington on _______________. 49.​ What were the results of the war?___________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________​