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Chapter 5
Causes of the Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Started the Sons of Liberty | Sam Adams |
| President of the 2nd Continental Congress | John Hancock |
| British custom officers searched homes for smugggled goods as long as they had | writs of assistance |
| Sugar Act | allowed the colonists to pay lower taxes on molasses |
| First person killed in the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks |
| An act of defiance that the colonists celebrated in December of 1773 was | The Boston Tea Party |
| Said "Blows must decide" whom would rule America | George III |
| The colonists called the Coercive Acts the | Intolerable Acts |
| First commander of the Continental Army | George Washington |
| After the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed the__________ as punishment | Coercive Acts |
| This act stated that Parliament had the right to tax colonists | Declaratory Act |
| This person wrote Common Sense which said the colonists should break away from England | Thomas Paine |
| To avoid taxes, some colonists resorted to | smuggling |
| Concord was a city where | The colonists stored arms |
| These people warned that the British were coming | Paul Revere and William Dawes |
| The Tea Act | gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants. |
| Parliament sent troops to Boston in what year? | 1768 |
| Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness were written as universal principles in what document? | Declaration of Independence |
| This person was president of the 2nd Continental Congress and signed his name so large that the King could see it without his glasses? | John Hancock |
| Ethan Allen led what group? | The Green Mountain Boys |
| This person was leader of the minutemen | John Parker |
| Thomas Gage had orders | to take away the weapons of the Massachusetts militia. |
| Which group did the colonies organize to fight against Great Britain? | Continental Army |
| An example of propaganda during the American Revolution was | The Boston Massacre |
| Soldiers ready to fight at a moment's notice were known as | minutemen |
| Name the three laws found in the Corercive/Intolerable Acts | banned town meetings, closed Boston Harbor, forced colonists to house British soldiers |
| The Olive Branch Petition asked the King to protect | the rights of the colonists |
| Patrick Henry was a | Patriot |
| The Townshend Acts taxed what goods | Imported goods |
| This Act taxed the colonists without their consent | Stamp Act |
| This philosopher influenced Thomas Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence | John Locke |
| After which battle did the British realize that the Americans would not be defeated easily? | Bunker Hill |
| The colonists were angry after the Tea Act because | They wanted to decide on their own what tea they wanted to buy |
| Those who sided with the British were called | Loyalists |
| Those who supported to the right to Independence were called | Patriots |
| What was the role of the Continental Congress | To represent Americans and challenge British control |
| Location where many colonists believed fighting would break out first? | New England |
| Who was in charge of the first Post Office? | Ben Franklin |
| After the Intolerable Acts did the colonists become isolated from Boston? | The Intolerable Acts made the colonists more united |
| Soldiers stealing from shops,rude soldiers and soldiers competing for jobs with the colonists all lead to | The Boston Massacre |
| How many colonists were killed during the Boston Massacre? | Five |
| This document explains why the colonies chose to form a new nation | Declaration of Independence |
| Benedict Arnold led a failed attack on what Canadian city? | Quebec |
| When the Boston Tea Party occurred, most colonists considered themselves ______________ citizens. | British |
| Organization that spread political ideas and information throughout the colonies? | Committee of Correspondence |
| Meeting to decide how to respond to increased taxes and abuses of authority by the British government? | First Continental Congress |
| Explains why the Continental Congress drew up the Declaration | Preamble |
| Lists the rights of the citzens | Declaration of Natural Rights |
| Lists the colonists complaints against the British govt | List of Grievances |
| Declares that the colonies are free and independent. | Resolution of Independence |
| German troops hired by the King of England to fight in the colonies | Hessians |
| King of England that wanted the Acts and made the colonists upset | King George |
| The colonists were angry about being taxed by the British because | They believed the taxes were unfair |
| Henry, Adams, Adams, Lee and Washington all | attended both the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress |
| Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness are? Where can they be found? | Unalienable rights, Declaration of Independence |
| Dawes and Revere warned | that the British were coming |
| Taxation, lack of representation in Parliament and Trade restriction were all | causes of the American Revolution |
| Printing of money, a new post office headed by Franklin and the Continental Army were all created with | The 2nd Continental Congress |
| At the 2nd Continental Congress, delegates decided to | separate from England |
| Effects of the Townshend Acts included | Boycott of British goods, Protest groups ( Sons and Daughters of Liberty) were formed. |
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