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Road to Revolution
The Road to the American Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why were the colonists unhappy? | Parliment (the Brittish government) passed laws making the colonists pay taxes, and the colonists didn't get a say in the government. |
| What was the Sugar Act? | Tax was added to sugar and other goods coming into the U.S. from England. |
| What was the Stamp Act? | Tax was added to anything made of paper, (newspaper, documents, licenses, and playing cards) to know that the tax was payed, a stamp had to be placed on the item. |
| What was the phrase that colonists shouted after the Stamp Act when they refused to pay the taxes? | “No taxation without representation!” |
| What does treason mean? | Working or ploting against the government. |
| What is a boycott? | Refusing to buy something. |
| What is quartering? | When you are required by law to have soldiers live in your house. |
| When was the Bosten Massacre? | March 5th, 1770. |
| What was the Bosten Massacre? | 5 Brittish soldiers shot at a croud of angry colonists who threw stuff at the soldiers. |
| What were three names the colonists called the Brittish soldiers? | Lobster back, red coat, and bloody back. |
| How many colonists were killed during the Bosten Massacre? | Five. |
| What was incorrect about the name; “Bosten Massacre”? | It wasn't a massacre because only five people died. |
| What caused the Bosten Tea Party? | The Brittish gave a monopoly of tea to the East India Trading Company, and then the Brittish taxed it. |
| What was the Bosten Tea Party? | Some colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped crates of tea of ships into the harbor. |
| What were the intoleratable acts? | Acts/Laws of the Brittish that the colonists believed were unacceptable. |
| What was the first intoleratable act? | The Bosten Port Bill. |
| What is a monopoly? | When only one company owns a certain product. |
| What was the second intoleratable act? | The Massachusetts Government Act. |
| What was the third and final intoleratable act? | The Quartering Act. |
| What was The Bosten Port Bill? | The Brittish closed down the Bosten Harbor until the colonists payed for the dumped tea. |
| Who were the “Sons of Liberty”? | A group of colonists who worked to get freedom from the English government. |
| How did the Brittish ensure The Bosten Port Bill was obeyed? | They sent war ships to make sure no ships could come or go. |
| What was The Massachusetts Government Act? | The Brittish would no longer allow the local government to make laws. |
| What was The Quartering Act? | Colonists were forced to house and feed Brittish soldiers, it als banned all meetings or gathering unless it was aproved and attended by a British soldier. |
| What was The First Continental Congress? | When representitives from the colonies gathered to talk about the Brittish threat. |
| What was The First Continental Congress's petition? | Life, liberty, property. |
| What did The First Continental Congress believe? | The colonists had a right to make their own tax laws and that the colonists had a right to privacy. |
| What was the colonists's army called, and why were they called this? | The Minute Men, and they were called this because they could be ready to defend Bosten in one minute. |
| Why did the Brittish send soldiers to Lexington/Concord? | They heard colonists were storing weapons in Lexington/Concord. |
| Who warned the Minute Men that the Brittish were coming? | Paul Revere. |
| What was the battle called when the Minute Men and Brittish soldiers found each other and started the American Revolutionary War? | The Shot Heard 'Round the World. |
Created by:
Samuel S.
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