GUIDED READING CHAPTER 5: THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (Page 1)

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1 CHAPTER 5: THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (Page 1) Section 1 The Road to Independence Directions: Use the information from pages to complete the following statements. 1. The in London began to change the way the thirteen American were to be governed. 2. No taxation without became the slogan used to protest against this unfairness. 3. Over the course of twelve years from to these protests led to greater arguments and, ultimately, violence. 4. King III issued the Proclamation of 1763, which forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. 5. The Stamp Act required all to have records stamped with an official seal. 6. When the North Carolina Assembly protested the Stamp Act, Governor sent the representatives home. 7. Violence broke out in in 1770, the same year Regulators rioted in. 8. When the British closed the of Boston, other colonies joined together to boycott British goods. 9. Under the leadership of, North Carolina women promised they would drink no more British tea or use other imported materials. 10. Shots fired in led to a battle at Concord that started the American War for Independence. 5 1

2 CHAPTER 5: THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (Page 2) Section 2 North Carolina in the War for Independence Directions: Use the information from pages to complete the following statements. 1. When news of Lexington and Concord arrived in North Carolina, Governor fled and Committees of were set up in each county to keep order and provide government. 2. Most committees immediately demanded that men suspected of siding with the British, called, sign a loyalty oath. 3. Members of the committees called themselves. 4. The Resolves said the king s commissions were null and void. 5. The Congress set up defense measures, wrote up a loyalty oath for everyone to take, authorized the enlistment of soldiers, and issued to pay for everything. 6. North Carolina militiamen were sent into South Carolina and to fight Tories. 7. The Battle of was celebrated as an American victory in the southern colonies as the Battle of had been in Boston. 8. The British attempt to invade the province convinced many North Carolinians that their conflict could not be settled. 9. The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Resolves on April 12, North Carolina became the of the thirteen colonies to endorse the independence movement. 5 2

3 CHAPTER 5: THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (Page 3) 11. Each of the thirteen new states wrote a state, a set of rules and procedures for governing. 12. Writers of North Carolina s constitution agreed that the should be the primary agent of government. 13. North Carolinians included a Declaration of in their constitution. 14. In 1777, the state passed a Act, which said that Tories could have their property taken away. 15. By the end of the war, more than North Carolinians had served in the Continental Army. Section 3 The British Invade the Carolinas Directions: Use the information from pages to complete the following statements. 1. Charles Town, South Carolina, was surrendered to the British in May of. 2. The American defeat at meant that South Carolina was in the control of the British and North Carolina was open to. 3. On June 20, 1780, more than Tories were defeated at, at the site of present-day Lincolnton. 4. Mecklenburg County had the reputation as a of the Revolution. 5. Overmountain Men crossed the Blue Ridge and defeated Tories at the Battle of. 6. After the victory by the Overmountain Men, and the British had to retreat back into South Carolina. 5 3

4 CHAPTER 5: THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (Page 4) 7. At Cowpens, South Carolina, Daniel gave the British one of their biggest defeats of the entire war. 8. At the Battle of, Nathanael Greene led his troops against the British in a vicious battle that lasted one and one-half hours. 9. Cornwallis hoped for better luck in Virginia, but Washington trapped him in, and the war was effectively over. 10. By the end of 1782, the last British left and, ending the war in the South. Section 4 North Carolinians Fight Each Other Directions: Use the information from pages to complete the following statements. 1. None of the original thirteen states was as divided in its as North Carolina. 2. Whigs and could be found from one end of North Carolina to the other. 3. Many coastal residents sided with the. 4. Tories were often concentrated in the area of the state. 5. was a belief that kept some people from fighting in the war. 6. and were forced to pay triple taxes since they refused to fight in the war. 7. The Conspiracy was a Tory plot to capture the powder magazine in the town of and use the guns to kidnap Governor Richard Caswell. 8. control of the state was all but lost when Lord Cornwallis swept through the state in The most famous Tory was a man named David, who had been abused and beaten by Whigs and swore. 5 4

5 CHAPTER 5: THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (Page 5) 10. Events calmed down in the state when the British withdrew from in Tories who had simply fought for the in battle were generally allowed to return. 12. In 1784, the state legislature issued a which forgave Tories for their actions in the war. 13. At the end of the war, the state had no permanent. 14. In 1784, North Carolina was as as it had been at the start of the Revolution. 5 5

6 ANSWERS Section 1, The Road to Independence 1. Parliament, colonies 2. representation , George 5. ships 6. Tryon 7. Boston, Hillsborough 8. port 9. Penelope Barker 10. Lexington Section 2, North Carolina in the War for Independence 1. Martin, Safety 2. Tories 3. Whigs 4. Mecklenburg 5. Provincial, paper money 6. Virginia 7. Moore s Creek Bridge, Bunker Hill 8. peacefully 9. Halifax 10. first 11. constitution 12. legislature 13. Rights 14. Confiscation 15. 7,000 Section 3, The British Invade the Carolinas Camden, invasion 3. 1,000, Ramsour s Mill 4. hornet s nest 5. Kings Mountain 6. Cornwallis 7. Morgan 8. Guilford Courthouse 9. Yorktown 10. Wilmington, Charles Town 5 6

7 Section 4, North Carolinians Fight Each Other 1. loyalties 2. Tories 3. Whigs 4. central 5. Pacifism 6. Moravians, Quakers 7. Llewellyn, Halifax 8. Whig 9. Fanning, revenge 10. Wilmington 11. king, home 12. pardon 13. capital 14. divided 5 7

As James Collins s story demonstrates, fighting in the South was vicious.

As James Collins s story demonstrates, fighting in the South was vicious. CHAPTER 7 REVOLUTIONARY WAR American History (McDougal Littell) Section 3 - The Path to Victory One American s Story James P. Collins, a 16-year-old American, found himself in the midst of a civil war