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The Road towards Revolution Unit
STUDY GUIDE
Key Vocabulary Terms:
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force theory
divine right of kings
monarchy
absolute monarchy
social contract
popular sovereignty
natural rights
loyalty
citizenship
citizen
alien
naturalization
13. dual citizenship
14. Magna Carta
15. Parliament
16. English Bill of Rights
17. salutary neglect
18. militia
19. tyranny
20. tyrant
21. imports
22. Sons of Liberty
23. repeal
24. boycott
25. Loyalists
26. Patriots
27. minutemen
28. traitor
29. Common Sense
30. Declaration of Independence
31. liberty
32. strategy
33. ally
34. guerrillas
35. mercenaries
36. treaty
Key Concepts:
1. I can explain how the social contract presents the creation of government, its
purpose, and the roles of the people and the government.
2. Identify and explain the 3 major developments in English government that shifted the
power from the king to the people.
3. Identify the rights American colonists expected as English subjects.
4. Describe the relationship between England and its American colonies BEFORE the
French and Indian War.
5. Identify and describe the key events which changed the relationship between England
and its American colonies (i.e. Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, the Quartering
Act, the Townshend Acts, the Tea Act, the Intolerable Acts, and Lexington and
Concord).
6. Identify and describe the response of American colonists, especially in
Massachusetts, toward the various English laws and acts.
7. Identify and describe the key events that led to the Declaration of Independence
(Battle of Bunker Hill, the Siege of Boston, the Olive Branch Petition, Common Sense,
and the Declaration of Independence).
8. Identify and describe the strengths and weaknesses of the American and British
military forces at the start of the American Revolution.
9. Identify the main reasons that the Continental Army was able to defeat the British in
the Revolutionary War.
10. Explain the main provisions of the treaty of Paris.
Skills:
1. Interpret various political cartoons, graphs, charts, maps, and passages.
2. Political Map of Colonial America
1. List and identify on a map the 13 original British colonies
2. Identify 4 key cities in colonial America
3. Physical Map of Colonial America
1. Identify major physical features of colonial America