Test Review American Revolution Flashcards
Patriots were…
Colonists who were against British rule.
This is a statement.
What is a declaration?
To ratify means to….
APPROVE
These laws were passed to punish the colonists.
What is the Intolerable Acts?
This man was the leader of the colonists during the American Revolution.
Who is George Washington?
South Carolina moved their capital from Charles Town to…
Columbia
This man was the “Wizard Owl”.
Andrew Pickens
The Patriots pretended to retreat and turned to fight at this battle, tricking the British and winning!
The Battle of Cowpens
This document states the laws of our new nation.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
The _______________ won the American Revolution.
Patriots
This man earned his nickname, The Swamp Fox, when he would attack the British and then disappear into the swamps.
Francis Marion
This meeting was held with the purpose of writing the U.S. Constitution.
The Constitutional Convention
This battle, won by the Patriots, kept the British from moving north quickly.
The Battle of King’s Mountain
The state capital was moved to…
be located in the middle of the state, where it was not too close to the Upcountry or the Lowcountry.
The Patriots burned this colonist’s house to capture the British inside it.
Rebecca Motte
This document declared the right of the colonists to their freedom from Great Britain.
The Declaration of Independence
A war hero who was nicknamed the “Fighting Gamecock”.
Thomas Sumter
Name the set of laws that: 1. Closed the port of Boston 2. Forced the colonists to house British soldiers 3. Banned any town meeting without approval
The Intolerable Acts
This was the main cause of the Patriot win at the Battle of Sullivan’s Island
Palmetto log fort
This meeting was called to write a document declaring the reasons we should be free from Great Britain.
The Second Continental Congress
This man led the Patriots at the Battle of Cowpens
Daniel Morgan
July 4, 1776 is important because…
The Declaration of Independence was signed on that date.
The new state constitution said that
only white men could vote
Fort Sullivan was later renamed to…
Fort Moultrie
