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Empresa 5 Unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Great Britain's lawmaking assembly is called? | Parliament |
| A tax on imported goods is called a... | Tariff |
| What does the word protest mean? | to speak out against something |
| A document that people sign to change something is called a | petition |
| What is a boycott? | An organized refusal to buy goods or services |
| How did the British victory in the French and Indian Wars hurt their country? | the war cost them a lot of money and they collected a huge debt |
| In 1765 this Act placed a tax on every kind of printed material including newspapers and playing cards. | The Stamp Act |
| After the Stamp Act, colonists took action as an organized group for the first time. What did they do? | leaders from 9 colonies met at the Stamp Act Congress to discuss how to stop the British from taxing them. |
| What was the result of the colonists protests and petititions after the Stamp Act Congress? | The British Parliament repealed (did away with )The Stamp Act |
| What were the Townshend Acts of 1767? | Parliament passed a law that said Britain could tax imported goods (goods that were sent from England to the colonies) such as glass, paint and tea |
| How did the colonists respond to the Townshend Act? | Many boycotted goods that came from Britain and began to make their own goods |
| How did Britain respond to the colonists boycott after the Townshend Acts? | The British sent more soldiers to the colonies to enforce the tax laws |
| How did colonists protest the Tea Act of 1773? | Colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians took over ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor |
| What did colonists call the Coercive Acts of 1774? | The Intolerable Acts because they were so harsh |
| How did Britain punish the colonists after the Boston Tea Party? | By passing the Coercive Acts that closed the port of Boston until colonists paid for the tea they had dumped. |
| How did colonists respond to the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts of 1774? | Colonists united and voted to stop trade with Britain and create a volunteer army of their own. |
| What is a delegate? | a person chosen to represent others |
| What is a civilian army that is used only in emergencies called? | militia |
| Why did representatives from the 7 colonies and the Iroquois Confederacy meet in Albany New York in 1754 | Britain wanted to improve relations with the Iroquois in case war broke out with France |
| What did colonists realize after the Albany Congress? | the importance of working together |
| Why did Samuel Adams and other colonial leaders create a group called the Committee of Correspondance? | to unify or bring together the colonists |
| How did the Committee of Correspondence unify the colonists? | riders on horseback carried letters with important news about what was going on in all the colonies |
| Where and when did the First Continental Congress meet? | in Philadelphia in 1774 |
| Why did the First Continental Congress meet? | in response to the Coersive Acts,representatives from every colony but Georgia met in Philidelphia |
| What were two results of the First Continental Congress? | no trading would take place with Britain until the Coercive Acts were repealed and a civilan army (militia) was formed |
| Why did the Second Continental Congress have to meet in May of 1775? | because relations with Britain did not improve |
| At the Second Continental Congress, congress formed a Continental Army and picked this plantaion owner and former British soldier to be its leader. | George Washington |
| What was the Olive Branch Petition that was sent to King George? | a letter that contained a final attempt to avoid war by asking the king to allow colonists to govern themselves and to give them more freedom |
| How did King George respond to the Olive Branch Petition? | he never answered it |
| Put the following events in order by the date: Albany Congress,First Continental Congress, Committee of Correspondance, Second Continentl Congress | 1. Albany Congress 2. Committee of Correspondance 3. First Continental Congress 4. Second Continental Congress |
| Someone who felt the colonists should separate from Britain was called a... | Patriot |
| What was a loyalist? | Someone who felt the colonies should remain loyal to Britain |
| Why did colonists choose Philidelphia as a meeting place? | because of its central location as part of the middle colonies |
| What is propoganda? | information that is written to persuade others to change their way of thinking |
| Thomas Payne's book Common Sense argued that people had the right to.. | govern themselves rather than be ruled by a king |
| Who wrote the Declaration of Independance? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What was the purpose of The Declaration of Independence? | to list abuses by the British government and to declare the colonies to be free and independent states |
| What document contains the words "all men are created equal" and have "unalienable rights that government cannot deny"? | The Declaration of Independence |
| Who said the following words: "taxation without representation is tyranny"? | James Ottis |
| Which famous orator convinced the peeople of Virginia to oppose the Stamp Act and said "give me liberty or give me death"? | Patrick Henry |
| Which Patriot spoke out against the Stamp Act but still helped defend British soldiers after the Boston Massacre because he believed everyone had the right to a fair trial? | John Adams |
| Who had fought in the British Army during the French and Indian War? | George Washington |
| This publisher and scientist from Pennsylvania helped make a final draft of the Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson? | Ben Franklin |
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