Chapter 5 The Revolutionary War Study Guide (Sections 1-3)

A. Explain the cause and effect chain of reaction that began with the Tea Act in 1773 and ended with the fighting on Breeds Hill in Boston. Focus on the following:
1. Tea Act
2. Boston Tea Party
3. Coercive or Intolerable Acts
4. 1st Continental Congress
5. Lexington and Concord
6. 2nd Continental Congress
7. Breeds Hill

B. Compare and contrast the American and British army’s at the start of the Revolutionary War.
C. Identify:
1. Paul Revere
2. George Washington
3. Committee of Correspondence
4. King George III
5. Intolerable Acts four actions taken be England
6. Minute men
7. Tories
8. Whigs

D. Identify the actions of both the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress