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ARW-Part 1
American Revolutionary War-Chapter 5-Lesson 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What caused a great debt to the British treasury due to a major battle with the French forces in North America? | The French and Indian War |
| What three new taxes were imposed on American colonists from Great Britain? | Stamp Act, Tea Act, & Sugar Act |
| Who was the Virginian lawyer tried to talk to the British parliament about repealing their taxes on the colonies? | Patrick Henry |
| What colonial group was against many British taxes and used violence to stop tax collectors? | The Sons of Liberty |
| Who were 2 major colonial leaders spoke out against the Townshend Acts and received help from the “Sons of Liberty” for their boycotts? | Samuel Adams & James Otis |
| In Newport, Rhode Island, what other group was developed to help in going against British government taxes imposed on colonists? | The Daughters of Liberty |
| On the night of March 5, 1770, what event happened when a group of colonists came from a tavern and started an argue/fight with patrolling British soldiers on the streets of Boston? | The Boston Massacre |
| Because of the Boston Massacre incident, what person fought in the court for the families of the people that were killed, but no fair trial was done and the soldiers were not convicted of their crimes? | Samuel Adams |
| What event occurred at night, when several colonists sneaked aboard British ships, dressed like Natives Americans, broke open tea boxes and dumped them into the Boston Harbor? | The Boston Tea Party |
| Since the Boston colonists ruin British Tea, what new act was enforced by the British king to punish the Boston colony for its bad actions? | Intolerable Acts |
| In September 1774, what was held by the governments that started a boycott to stop the Intolerable Acts that were setup by the King of England? | 1st Continental Congress |
| The British parliament was not going to listen to the 1st Continental Congress about the the Intolerable Acts, so the Continental Congress build what to fight against the British armies? | Militia |
| What was the nickname that was used for the “Militia” that they were widely known as? | Minutemen |
| In April 1775, what British leader tried to stop the new militias, destroy a militia weapons depot, and have two major “Sons of Liberty” killed at Lexington to stop the American Revolution? | Thomas Gage |
| What three riders rode to Virginia and warned the colonist of the British attack that was going to happened early in the morning? | Paul Revere, William Dawes, & Samuel Prescott |
| What other than using violence, what other tactic was used by the “Sons of Liberty”? | They boycotted trade from the British traders |
| Because of the boycott tactics the Sons of Liberty did, what did the British government do? | The British government repealed the Stamp Act |
| Even if the Stamp Act was repealed by the British government, what new act was setup by the British government to replace that one in 1767? | Townshend Act |
| The Townshend Act was setup as new taxes, but what tax was still being enforced by the British government? | Taxes on tea |
| What other act did the British government do that the colonists did not like to their colonies? | The had British soldiers patrolling the streets |
| What Virginian lawyer gave an inspiring speech, in church, for independence against Great Britain rule? | Patrick Henry |
| What did the Patrick Henry think of the British parliament taxes? | Patrick Henry felt that the British government had no business taxing them |
| All taxes came from England under whose orders? | King George III or British Parliament |
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