APUSH Period 3 Review Test|Study Questions with Complete solutions
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APUSH
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APUSH
1st Continental Congress - ANSWER On September 1774, delegates from 12 colonies gathered
in Philadelphia. After debating, the delegates passed a resolution backing Mass. in its struggle.
Decided to boycott all British goods and to stop exporting goods to Britain until the Intolerance
Act was can...
APUSH Period 3 Review Test|Study Questions with
Complete solutions
1st Continental Congress - ANSWER On September 1774, delegates from 12 colonies gathered
in Philadelphia. After debating, the delegates passed a resolution backing Mass. in its struggle.
Decided to boycott all British goods and to stop exporting goods to Britain until the Intolerance
Act was canceled.
John Adams - ANSWER A Massachusetts attorney and politician who was a strong believer in
colonial independence. He argued against the Stamp Act and was involved in various patriot
groups. As a delegate from Massachusetts, he urged the Second Continental Congress to
declare independence. He helped draft and pass the Declaration of Independence. Adams
later served as the first Vice President and the second President of the United States.
, Thomas Jefferson - ANSWER He was a delegate from Virginia at the Second Continental
Congress and wrote the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the third President
of the United States.
Benjamin Franklin - ANSWER Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, statesman, and Founding
Father. One of the few Americans who was highly respected in Europe, primarily due to his
discoveries in the field of electricity. He was instrumental in negotiating French support for the
Revolution.
Lexington and Concord - ANSWER "The Shot Heard Round the World"- The first battle of the
Revolution in which British general Thomas Gage went after the stockpiled weapons of the
colonists in Concord, Massachusetts.
Bunker Hill - ANSWER early battle of the Revolution which showed that the colonist could stand
next to the British forces; the Americans inflicted large casualties on the British but in the end
lost the battle due to a shortage of ammunition
2nd Continental Congress - ANSWER 1.Sent the "Olive Branch Petition"
2.Created a continental army with George Washington as the leader.
3. Agreed to write a formal letter declaring their independence from England.
Declaration of Independence - ANSWER Drafted in 1776 by T. Jefferson declaring America's
separation from Great Britain (3 parts-New theory of government, reasons for separation,
formal declaration of war and independence)
Patriots - ANSWER American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American
independence was won
Tories - ANSWER The Tories were colonists who disagreed with the move for independence
and did not support the Revolution. (aka Loyalists)
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