1. CHAPTER 4 TEST STUDY GUIDE U.S. HISTORY

2. Vocabulary Matching (3 pts.) 1. mercenary 2. Patriots 3. ratified 4. preamble 5. allies 6. traitor 7. guerrilla 8. blockade 9. siege 10. Loyalists

3. Multiple Choice (1 pt.) What challenges did the colonial navy face at sea? How did the 2 nd Continental Congress decide to handle the British? Where was the weapons storehouse located that Revere rode to warn that the British were coming? How was Trenton different than earlier battles for the Patriots? Why did the British decide to fight the war in the South?

4. Multiple Choice (2 pts.) Why was the militia at Lexington told “not to fire unless fired upon?” Why did Washington want to win in New Jersey so badly? Why did African Americans sign up with the British Army? Who contributed most to the colonial war effort? Why did Jefferson think that the colonists could break from Britain? How did the Patriots in the war in the West?

5. Multiple Choice (2 pts.) Why did Spain become allies of the Patriots? What questions did the Declaration of Independence raise about slavery? Why was Valley Forge so difficult for the Continental Army? Which group felt that the colonies should not be independent? What formally announced the colonial break with Britain?

6. Multiple Choice (2 pts.) What are the three main ideas of the Declaration of Independence? What trapped the British at Yorktown? Know the terms of the Treaty of Paris. What mistake did Cornwallis make that led to his defeat at Yorktown?

7. Leaders Matching (2 pts.) Thomas Paine Nathan Hale John Paul Jones Marquis de Lafayette Charles Cornwallis Francis Marion George Washington Baron von Steuben Thomas Jefferson Bernardo de Galvez

8. Battles Matching (2 pts.) Saratoga North Sea Valley Forge Vincennes Yorktown Princeton Long Island Fort Ticonderoga Trenton Bunker Hill

9. True or False (2 pts.) What was the primary result of the Treaty of Paris? What was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War? Who was going to free enslaved African Americans who fought for them? Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence? Where (geographically) did the first part of the war take place?