Question | Answer |
What are two other names for the American Revoulution? | The Revolutionary War and the War for Independence |
Why was the French and Indian War a major cause of the Revolutionary War? | Britain spent a lot of $ providing soldiers for the colonists and after the war the King wanted the colonists to help pay for it. |
Where did the first battles take place? | Lexington and Concord |
How did the war end? | Treaty of Paris in 1783 |
What did the Proclamation of 1763 state? | The colonists couldn't move west of the Appalachian Mountains |
Why did the King of Britain issue the Proclamation of 1763? | He did not want the Native Americans to start any new wars. |
How did the colonists feel about the Proclamation of 1763? | They were upset because they wanted to move west and settle new lands. |
In order to help pay for the war, what did the King of Britain force the colonists to do? | Make the colonists pay taxes, for example the Stamp Act and Sugar Act. |
What was the Quartering Act? | Forced the colonists to take care of the British soldiers by housing and feeding them. |
What does no taxation without representation mean? | The colonists felt they couldn't be taxed if they were able to represent themselves in Parliment. |
What were colonists who wanted to break free of Britain called? | Patriots |
What were colonists who wanted to remain loyal to Britain called? | Loyalists |
How many patriots were killed in the Boston Massacre? | 5 |
Why was the Boston Massacre called a massacre? | Because the Redcoats had guns and the Patriots didn't. |
Who did the Patriots dress as during the Boston Tea Party? | Indians |
How many crates were dumped into the Boston Harbor? | 342 |
What did Ben Franklin's "Join or Die" cartoon mean? | He thought that the colonies needed to work together to defeat Britain. |