American Revolution Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is a revolution? | when people fight to replace one government with a different one |
What is a boycott? | when people refuse to busy something in order to make a point |
What is independence? | freedom from the control of another person or group |
What is a constitution? | a set of written laws that set up how a government will work |
Who were the Loyalists/Tories? | colonists who wanted to remain loyal to the king |
What was a militia? | small local army to be used in emergencies |
What is a tax? | money people must pay to the government |
Who were the Patriots? | colonists who wanted to become a country separate from Great Britain |
How did women help out with the war? | acting as spies raising money for the soldiers keeping farms, plantations, and shops running |
Who did not want to do anything that looked like treason against the British? | Loyalists |
Why was Francis Marion known as the Swamp Fox? | Francis Marion and his men made sneak attacks against the British and hid in the swamps so they wouldn't be caught. |
What were the names of the three important battles that took place in South Carolina during the American Revolution? | The Battle of Kings Mountain, the Battle of Cowpens, and the Battle of Eutaw Springs. |
Why was "taxation without representation" a problem for the colonists? | Parliament did not let colonists have a say in the laws and taxes it passed. |
How did colonists protest the Stamp Act? | They stopped buying tea, sugar, cloth, and other goods from British merchants. |
Why did England put new taxes in place for the colonists? | They needed help paying for the wars that they had fought. |
Why did the colonists want to be free? | They believed that all people had a right to life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. |
How did the colonists protest the Tea Act? | They threw chests of tea off a ship into the Boston harbor. |
What were the Intolerable Acts? | Laws to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party such as closing the port of Boston and breaking up the colonial assembly. |
What was not a result of the First Continental Congress? | Colonial leaders sent British soldiers back to England. |
What were some of the things leaders at the Second Continental Congress agreed to do? | send a letter to Parliament asking for help with the king buy tea, sugar, cloth, and other goods from British merchants again break away from Great Britain and start their own country |
Who were the Patriots? | Colonists who wanted to go to war with Britain to gain their independence. |
Who were the Loyalists? | Colonists who did not want a war against Britain. |
Why did South Carolina need a state constitution? | South Carolinians no longer considered themselves British colonists and wanted a new plan for government. |
Who fought against each other in the battle at Ninety-Six? | Loyalists and Patriots |
Why did William Jasper risk his life to save the flage during the battle at Fort Moultrie? | The flag showed that the Patriots were still fighting and hadn't given up. |
What rights did the Declaration of Independence say that all men have? | The rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. |
How did the British take Charles Town? | They held the town under siege for over a month. |
What happened when the British stole from and burned Patriot homes in South Carolina? | Colonists got angry and joined the Patriots. |
What advantages did the Patriot militia soldiers have over the well trained British soldiers? | They knew the land well. They could move quietly through woods and swamps. |
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