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Unit 2
Causes/People of Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did King George III plan to do to make the colonies profitable again? | Raise taxes |
| Who wrote "Common Sense" and why? | Thomas Paine to encourage Americans to support independence from Britain |
| Why did the colonists object to the Proclamation of 1763? | They resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion |
| Who helped organize the Sons of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence? | Samuel Adams |
| Who was the former slave who was one of the victims of the Boston Massacre? Hint: first to die for freedom during the Revolution | Crispus Attucks |
| Who represented the British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre, was a member of the Sons of Liberty, and was also a diplomat? | John Adams |
| What were the French and English fighting over during the French and Indian War? | The Ohio River Valley |
| Instead of making money, the colonies began to cost money during the 1750's. What caused this? Hint: think of conflicts at that time | The French and Indian War |
| What was the Stamp Act? | A British tax for a stamp on legal papers, magazines, ads, newspapers, calendars, playing cards and other types of papers used throughout the colonies |
| What are the caused of the American Revolution? | Taxes and loss of freedoms |
| Why didn't the colonists want to join together against the French? | They were afraid of losing their power |
| What group organized protests and boycotts in an attempt to make the British government repeal the Stamp Act? | Sons of Liberty |
| What were the British and American colonists points-of-view concerning the Stamp Act? | British: saw it as necessary to help pay the debt from the French and Indian War Colonists: were angry and formed the Stamp Act Congress |
| What does the phrase "no taxation without representation" mean? | The colonists didn't believe they should have to pay taxes because their opinions weren't represented in Parliament |
| Why did Benjamin Franklin want the colonists to join together in 1754? What was the name of his plan? | To unite against the French; Albany Plan of Union |
| Which patriot was well-known for his speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses in which he said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" | Patrick Henry |
| What are the four provisions of the Intolerable Acts? | The royal governor appointed almost all positions in the colonial government, banned town meetings, closed the port of Boston, allowed British troops to be housed by citizens |
| Which cause of the American Revolution was an act of civil disobedience? | Boston Tea Party |
| Which even did Patriot leaders use as propaganda to gather support for independence? | Boston Massacre |
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