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2revolution
events leading up to the revolutionary war Durant's class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What brought about rapid growth of the colonies? | Cheap land |
| What was one of the responsibilities of the colonial assembly ? | pass taxes |
| What was the basis for the American Assembly system? | British Parliament |
| What were the countries that claimed the Ohio Valley? | France and Britain |
| What is a citizen army that fights in emergencies? | Militia |
| The unjust use of government power is called? | tyranny |
| a tax on all printed materials | stamp act |
| The law making body of England is called? | parliment |
| What was the law that required colonists to pay for housing British soldiers? | Quartering act |
| Who was it that warned the colonists that the British were coming? | revere and dawes |
| What was the first battle of the Revolutionary war? | Concord |
| What were the patriots storing at Concord? | guns and gunpowder |
| What is the refusal to buy goods from a certain source? | boycott |
| The unjust use of power | tyranny |
| Colonists who thought the colonies could govern themselves? | patriots |
| Colonists who did not care if the colonists or England governed them | neutral |
| An event when the Sons of Liberty attacked a cargo ship | Boston Tea Party |
| An event were a brawl took place between British soldiers and colonists | Boston Massacre |
| A tax on all imported goods from England | Townshend acts |