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Social Studies
Causes of the American Revolution
Question | Answer |
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Two reasons why England needed to raise revenue after the French and Indian War. | (1) To pay the debt from the war. (2) To pay to keep the Army in America. |
What is the name of England's legislature. | Parliament |
Legislature | makes laws |
England's Prime Minister at the end of the French and Indian war? | George Grenville |
First Act to raise money in the Colonies? | The Sugar Act |
How did the British punish smugglers? | Took away their goods and ships. |
Reason why Sam Adams and James Otis believed Parliament did not have the fight to tax the colonists. | Taxation without representation |
Organized by Sam Adams to inform the colonists about British laws. | Committees of Correspondence |
Popular method of protest against the British | Boycott |
Boycott Definition | Not to purchase certain goods for reasons of protest. |
Stamp Act | Passed by Parliament in 1765. It was a tax on legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, etc. |
The first direct tax on the colonists. | Stamp Act |
Radical protest group formed to oppose British policies and taxes. | Sons of Liberty |
Patriot who said, "If this be treason, make the most of it." | Patrick Henry |
Method the colonists used to get the British to repeal the Stamp Act. | Boycott |
Duty | Tax on imported goods |
Townsend Act | Series of laws that placed a tax on lead, paint, paper, glass and tea. |
Writs of Assistance | Laws that let British Soldiers search for smuggled goods. |
How did the Colonists protest the Townsend Act? | Boycotting British goods. |
Mob violence that occurred on March 5th 1770, when British Soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists that were throwing snowballs and shouting insults. | Boston Massacre |
The leader of the mob at the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks |
martyr | To die for a cause |
First black martyr and hero of the American Revolution. | Crispus Atucks |
Defended the British Soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre | John Adams, Josiah Quincy |
Part of the Townsend Act not repealed. | tax on tea |
This act gave a British Tea Company a monopoly on the tea trade in the colonies. | The Tea Act |
Company given a monopoly on the tea trade in the colonies. | British East India Company |
Monopoly | gain complete control of a trade or market |
Why did colonists dislike the Tea Act | They thought they would go out of business. |
Organized event to protest the Tea Act | Boston Tea Party |
True or False: The Tea Act made the price of tea in the colonies more expensive? | True |
Define: Quartering Act | This forced colonists to house British Soldiers in their homes. |
How did the colonists protest the Intolerable Acts | Boycott British Goods |
What 'Acts' did the Parliament pass in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Tea Party? | Intolerable Acts |
List the four things the Intolerable Acts did. | 1. Close Boston Harbor 2. Cancel the Massachusetts Charter and legislative meetings 3. Moved trials of British Officials to Briton. 4. Made Colonists house British Soldiers (Quartering Act) |
Why did imports from England dramactically decline in 1774? | Because of the Intolerable Acts. |
What marked the birth of the United States of America. | The Declaration of Independence |
Why were so many colonists angry with the British governent? | They thought the Parliament violated their rights. |
What famous group met at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia in 1774 to discuss the ongoing problems that existed between England and the Colonies? | The Continental Congress |
What 2 important decisions were made by the Continental Congress? | 1. Boycott British Goods 2. Be prepared to fight. |