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3B Revolutionary Era
Issues & Events leading to the Declaration of Independence
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How were the American colonies governed prior to 1763? | They were self-governing. |
| What was the Proclamation of 1763? | British law requiring the colonists to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains and Native Americans to stay on the west side. |
| How did the French & Indian War contribute to American independence? | The British had a huge war debt and they tried to tax the colonies in order to pay down that debt. |
| What was the Stamp Act? | British law taxing paper used in the colonies. |
| How did Loyalists respond to the Stamp Act? | They refused to pay for the tax stamps. |
| How did Patriots respond to the Stamp Act? | They attacked tax collectors. |
| How did the British Parliament respond to colonial protests of the Stamp Act? | It was repealed after a few months. |
| What was the Quartering Act? | British law requiring colonists to feed and shelter its army. |
| What were the Townshend Acts? | British taxes on more of the things the colonists were importing from Britain. |
| What types of goods were taxed by the Townshend Acts? | glass, paint, paper and tea |
| How did the American colonists protest the Townshend Acts? | They boycotted British goods. |
| What is a boycott? | Refusing to buy products as a form of protest |
| What was the Boston Massacre? | A small riot involving colonists throwing rocks at British soldiers who shot and killed several people. |
| Why was the Boston Massacre important? | Patriots used the Boston Massacre as a propaganda tool to fire up passion for independence. |
| Who defended the British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre? | John Adams |
| Who was Crispus Attucks? | The first person to die in the Revolutionary War. |
| What was the Tea Act? | British law requiring the colonists to buy their tea from the British East India Company. |
| How did the colonists respond to the Tea Act? | Boston Tea Party |
| What were the Intolerable Acts? | British laws intended to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party |
| Why was the Boston Tea Party important? | It taught King George that he had lost control of the American colonies. |
| What was the First Continental Congress? | A gathering of representatives from each of the colonies where a response to the Intolerable Acts was coordinated. |
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