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Chapter 6 SS!
The Road to Revolution 1763-1776
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a British monarch who wanted to enforce the Proclamation and keep peace with Britain's Native Amerian allies (to do this he kept 10,000 soldiers in the colonies.) | King George II |
| income a government collects to cover expenses | revenue |
| a member of Virginia's House of Burgesses, called for resistance to tax | Patrick Henry |
| a refusal to buy | boycott |
| a group of colonists who formed a secret society to opose British policies of the time of the American Revolution | Sons of Liberty |
| a series of laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that suspended New York's assembly and taxes on goods bought into the colonies | Townshend Acts |
| search warrants that allowed British officers to enter colonial homes or buissnesses to search for smuggled goods | writs of assisstance |
| a leader of the Sons of Liberty | Samuel Adams |
| a clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists, including Crispus Attucks, were killed. | Boston Massacre |
| a lawyer and cousin of Samuel Adams | John Adams |
| a group of people in the colonies who exchanged letters on colonial affairs. | committees of correspondence |
| the dumping of 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act | Boston Tea Party |
| a force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community during the American Revolution | militia |
| a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party | Intolerable {Coercive} Acts |
| a meeting in September 1774 in Philadelphia where delegates from all the 13 colonies except Georgia voted to ban all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed. | First Contiental Congress |
| sites in Massachusetts of the first battles of the American Revolution | Lexington and Concord |
| an American colonist who supported the British in the American Revolution | Loyalist |
| an American colonist who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution | Patriot |
| a cannon or large gun | artillery |
| a governing body whose delegates agreed, in May 1775, to form the Continental Army and to approve the Declaration of Independence | Second Continental Congress |
| a colonial force authorized by the Second Contiental Congress in 1775, with George Washington as its commanding general | Contiental Army |
| an officer who played a role in the victory at Fort Ticonderoga | Benedict Arnold |
| the document, written in 1776, in which colonies declared independence from Britain | Declaration of Independence |
| List the events in order: 1.Boston Massacre 2.Boston Tea Party 3.Common Sense published 4.Congress adopts Declaration of Independence 5.First Contiental Congress 6.Intolerable Acts 7.Lexington + Concord 8.Proc. of 1763 9.Stamp Act passed 10.Townshend Acts | 1. Proc of 1763 2. Stamp Act passed 3. Townshend Acts 4. Boston Massacre 5. Boston Tea Party 6. Intolerable Acts 7. First Contiental Congress 8. Lexington and Concord 9. Common Sense published 10. Congress adopts Declaration of Independence |
| What were the two sides in the debate over British taxation of the colonies? | The British believed that they needed more revenue so they taxed colonists (debt from French and Indian War) The other side was the colonists who believed in the saying "No taxation without representation!" hense it was unfair to tax w/o represenatives. |
| How did the colonists protest against the Stamp Act? | Colonial leaders had newspapers publish about, "No taxation without representation!", colonial merchants organized a boycott of British goods, colonists formed secret societies who staged protests against the Stamp Act (Sons of Liberty) |
| What do the two acts require of colonists? [Proclamation of 1763, Sugar] | Proc. of 1763 - colonists could not settle west of the Appalachin Mountains Sugar Act - placed tax on goods shipped into the colonies (pay taxes) |
| What do the two acts require of colonists? [Quatering and Declaratory Acts) | Quatering Act - required colonies to house British soldiers and provide them with supplies Declaratory Act - had to follow Parliament's orders |
| What is a synonym for duties? | obligation, one's action based on occupation or position |
| What were the causes and effects of the Boston Tea Party? | The cause of the Boston Tea Party was the Tea Act, which placed a tax on tea. The effects of the Boston Tea Party was that Britain placed the Intolerable Acts were placed in colonists as a punishment for the Massachusetts colony(warning to other colonies) |
| What were the results of the Intolerable Acts? | First Contiental Congress bans trade with Britain, militias organized |
| What was the purpose of the Midnight Ride? Who rode the Midnight Ride? What was the destination of the Midnight Ride? | Purpose - warn colonists about British troop movements Who - PAUL REVERE!!! William Dawes, Dr. Samuel Prescott Dest. - Lexington and Concord |
| What was the importance of the battles of Lexington and Concord? | They were the first battles of the Revolutionary War. |
| What difficulties did George Washington have when creating the Contiental Army? | The American troops were poorly equipted and poorly trained, while the British troops were professinal. |
| What was the direct result of the battle at Fort Ticonderoga? | Common Sense was published |
| What was "Common Sense" | Common Sense was a pamphlet that was published by Thomas Paine that helped convinced many Americans that a breaak from Britain was necessary. It was published in January, it sold more than 100,000 copies in the first three months. |
| What is the Declaration of Independence? | The Declaration of Independence is a document written in 1776 declaring the colonists wanted to break free from Britain. It was signed by Ben Franklin, John Adams, and Tom Jefferson. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted by Congress. John Hancock- first to sign |
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