1. Review American Revolution
Mrs. Martin
Grade 4

2. __________________ passed “acts” or laws that taxed the colonists.
______________________ used these taxes to pay for the war they had against
______________________.
England
England
France

3. Colonists were angry over the __________.
They believed that only their ____________
government had the right to ____________.
taxes
elected
tax

4. Lexington Concord turning point Yorktown
The battles of __________________ and
_________________ were the first battles of the American Revolution.
The battle of Saratoga is known as the _________________
____________________ of the American Revolution.
The last battle of the American Revolution took place at
_____________________________.
Lexington
Concord
turning
point
Yorktown

5. Declaration of Independence
General ____________________________
was the commander of the Continental
_______________.
The Continental Congress wrote the
________________________________________
to explain why the colonists wanted to break away from England.
George Washington
Army
Declaration of Independence

6. arrival of ____________________. Then there
First there was the
arrival of ____________________. Then there
was the ____________________ period.
After that came the
__________________________________
Europeans
colonial
Revolutionary War

7. Northern and Southern _________________ both had ________________. The
_________________ colonies had fewer slaves than the southern colonies because
__________________ was not as profitable in
the northern colonies.
colonies
slaves
northern
slavery