5-1 Resisting British Rule

Question 1

duties

Answer 1

import taxes

Question 2

Stamp Act

Answer 2

1765 – law approved by Parliament to enable the British to collect money by selling stamps, which had to be purchased and attached to all printed material in the colonies

Question 3

Townshend Acts

Answer 3

1767 – laws passed by Parliament to put duties on some items that the colonists imported from Great Britain – paper, glass, paint, lead, and tea

Question 4

1st Congregational Congress

Answer 4

meeting of representatives from all colonies (except Georgia) to express loyalty to Britain but demand the repeal of all British taxation laws and to ban all trade with Britain until Parliament met its demands

Question 5

Pontiac’s Rebellion

Answer 5

American Indian rebellion led by Ottawa chief Pontiac to drive white settlers back across the Appalachian Mountains; halted after failed siege on Fort Detroit

Question 6

Stamp Act Congress

Answer 6

New York – issued a statement that colonists could be taxed only by those legislatures in which they had direct representation – decided to BOYCOTT British goods

Question 7

Committees of Correspondence

Answer 7

group organized by Samuel Adams to share information throughout the American colonies about resistance to the British

Question 8

Sam Adams

Answer 8

delegate to the 1st Constitutional Congress & organized Boston Tea Party – organized Sons of Liberty

Question 9

Boston Tea Party

Answer 9

protest against the Tea Act in which colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded tea ships and threw all the tea overboard – Sons of Liberty

Question 10

Sugar Act

Answer 10

duties on foreign sugar, textiles, and other goods entering colonies

Question 11

Repeal

Answer 11

officially withdraw

Question 12

Intolerable Acts

Answer 12

4 laws passed by Parliament in reaction to the Boston Tea Party to reclaim its control over the colonies and to punish Massachusetts

Question 13

Explain how the French and Indian War and the start of the American Revolution are connected.

Answer 13

French and Indian War increased conflicts between colonists and British, put Britain in debt, worsened relations with Natives even more, Proclamation of 1763.

Question 14

Why was the Proclamation of 1763 made?

Answer 14

Realizing it would be difficult to protect settlers and stop fighting, the British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 – Pontiac’s Rebellion.

Question 15

Explain “no taxation without representation.” Where did the colonists want “representation”?

Answer 15

The colonists were outraged about being taxed without having representatives in PARLIAMENT.

Question 16

Were colonial boycotts effective? Prove yes or no!

Answer 16

Yes, because it hurt the British economically and lowered the cost of tea. Repeal of the Stamp Act!

Question 17

Why did Chief Pontiac start his rebellion? What was the result?

Answer 17

The British constructed forts on Indian lands, lacked reputation for fairness and was not nearly as caring as the French.

Question 18

Where was the first Continental Congress? What did they accomplish?

Answer 18

Philadelphia. The group banned all trade with Britain until Parliament met its demands and advised colonists to begin forming militias.

Question 19

What are the 4 parts to the intolerable acts? Why were these acts passed?

Answer 19

These acts were passed to reclaim its control over the colonies and to punish Massachusetts.

1. closed port of Boston
2. end to constitution of Massachusetts – only 1 town meeting per year. Town officials were appointed by royal governor and executive council was appointed by King.
3. power for all trials in colony were sent to Great Britain and heard under a British judge
4. quartering act – feed and shelter soldiers employed to punish them