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Chap5SS
Chapter 5: Toward Independence
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were Patriots? | Americans who believed the colonies had the right to govern themselves. |
| What were Loyalists? | Colonists who felt loyal to Great Britain and thought that they needed them to survive. |
| What did the French and Indian War leave Great Britain with? | large debts |
| What brought more than 50,000 people to the colonies? | Cheap land, religious tolerance, and economic opportunities. |
| What prevented the colonists from pushing West toward the Ohio Valley? | British and French's already claimed land. |
| What is a militia? | a small army made up of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in an emergency. |
| What did the French and Indian War fight over? | Territory and Power. |
| Why was Braddock's march into the Ohio Valley during the French and Indian Was unsuccessful? | They wore bright red uniforms that attracted the French shooters. |
| How long did the French and Indian War Last? | 7 years. |
| What did King George III declare in the Proclamation of 1763? | That settlers are to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains and Indians are to stay west. |
| What is tyranny? | the unjust use of government power. |
| What was the Stamp Act? | a tax placed on all paper products to help pay off debts from the French and Indian War. |
| What was the Quartering Act? | a law requiring colonial assemblies to provide housing to British troops. |
| What were the Townshend Acts? | taxes placed on popular items such as glass, paint, paper, and tea. |
| What is a boycott? | to refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source. An organized refusal by many people is also called the same. |
| What was the response to the Townshend Acts? | boycott of British goods. |
| What was the one Townshend Acts not repealed? | tea. |
| What is a massacre? | the killing of defenseless people. |
| This massacre, which ended up just being a riot, occurred in 1770. Where did it happen? | Boston. |
| After the Boston Massacre and the repeal of the Townshend Acts, what followed? | a period of calm. |
| What did the Tea Act enable? | the lowering of the price of taxed tea. |
| What made the British East India Company become even more broke? | the boycott of British tea. |
| What was the colonists' response to the Tea Act? | The colonists felt a British monopoly, so they dumped all the tea into Boston Harbor. |
| What was Great Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party? | the creation of the Intolerable Acts. |
| What occurred in 1774? | Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts, and the First Continental Congress was formed. |
| What laws did the Intolerable Acts impart on the colonists? | the closing of Boston Harbor, the government of Massachusetts would be placed under British control, British soldiers who were accused of murder would be tried in England. |
| What did the other colonies do in response to the Intolerable Acts placed on Massachusetts? | they showed support by sending food and money to Boston |
| In what way did the First Continental Congress cause people to think of themselves as? | Americans. |
| The new boycott of British goods until the Intolerable Acts were repealed was formed at _________. | The First Continental Congress |
| Fighting between Patriots and British troops occurred where and when? | The Battles at Lexington and Concord in 1775. |
| At Concord, who first fired upon the British troops? | Minutemen. |
| The Battles at Lexington and Concord proved what? | That Americans were willing to die for their rights. |
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