American Revolution Review

Question 1

What issues was France dealing with before it could begin colonizing in the Americas?

Answer 1

religious wars

Question 2

The main resource France focused on in the Americas was

Answer 2

fur trading

Question 3

How did the French relationship with the Native Americans differ from the British relationship?

Answer 3

French established an alliance with the Hurons that put them at odds with the Iroquois.

Question 4

Why did the French want to control Louisiana?

Answer 4

Control of Louisiana gave the French control of the mouth of the Mississippi River

Question 5

Why was France interested in the Ohio River Valley?

Answer 5

Control of the Ohio River Valley allowed the French to link their Canadian holdings with those in the south

Question 6

In the colonies, the Seven Years’ War was called

Answer 6

the French and Indian War

Question 7

Albany Congress

Answer 7

immediate goal: keep Iroquois loyal to British

long-term goal: colonial unity to defeat France

Question 8

William Pitt

Answer 8

Prime Minister of Britain who came up with the Quebec-Montreal “strategy” to defeat the French

Question 9

British and colonial troops relationship

Answer 9

British looked down on colonial troops and refused to recognize colonial officer appointments, while the colonists felt they were at the front edge of civilization

Question 10

The French and Indian War made the colonists

Answer 10

more confident in their military skills

Question 11

What piece of British legislation forced the colonists back across the Appalachian Mountains, and into the established 13 colonies

Answer 11

Proclamation of 1763

Question 12

Because of the French and Indian War / Seven Years’ War the colonists

Answer 12

were required by the British gov’t to take on some of the financial responsibilities for the cost of the war

Question 13

This economic system stated that whoever had the most gold/silver had the most power

Answer 13

Mercantilism

Question 14

British mercantilism in the colonies

Answer 14

restricted lax bankruptcy laws; restricted colonial legislation deemed bad for British business; restricted the printing of colonial paper money; listed enumerated products that must be shipped/traded only with Britain

Question 15

Mercantilism in the colonies

Answer 15

required the colonists to provide the British with raw materials; furnish naval supplies, including men; provide a market for British manufactured goods; not interfere with Britain’s wool trade

Question 16

Navigation Laws

Answer 16

aimed at cutting Dutch shippers out of shipping transport, and required all imports into the colonies and exports out of the colonies go through Britain first; loosely enforced until after 1763

Question 17

Sugar Act

Answer 17

British law that put taxes on French West Indies sugar; first of the revenue laws passed by Britain

Question 18

Stamp Act

Answer 18

passed by Britain, putting a tax on legal documents, news papers, paper products, in order to raise $$ for military forces needed for colonial defense

Question 19

The idea that all members of Parliament represent all British subjects is called

Answer 19

virtual representation

Question 20

Townshend Acts

Answer 20

passed by Parliament, import taxes (duties) on items like paint, lead, glass and tea

Question 21

Committees of Correspondence

Answer 21

an organize exchange of letters to keep opposition to British taxes alive

Question 22

First Continental Congress

Answer 22

organized a list of grievances to present to the King

Question 23

Advantages of colonists at the beginning of the American Revolution

Answer 23

strong civilian and military leaders; advantage of fighting for home and family; know the territory

Question 24

Advantages of British at the beginning of the American Revolution

Answer 24

strong navy and military; available money; well trained troops

Question 25

Disadvantages of colonists at the beginning of the American Revolution

Answer 25

lack of unity among colonies; lack of trained troops; lack of money

Question 26

Disadvantages of British at the beginning of the American Revolution

Answer 26

fighting a “foreign war;” troops who have a “job,” not a calling; don’t know the land

Question 27

Second Continental Congress

Answer 27

met to discuss the possibilities of independence for the colonies

Question 28

Olive Branch Petition

Answer 28

was issued by the Second Continental Congress as a last ditch measure to avoid full out war between the colonists and British

Question 29

Purpose of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 29

to explain to Britain and the rest of the world why the colonies were revolting; included a list of grievances between the colonies and the British

Question 30

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Answer 30

written in 1776; stated that the only logical solution to the conflict between the colonists and British was for the colonists to break away from the British Crown; called for a democratic republic

Question 31

Tories / Loyalists

Answer 31

nickname for those colonists remained loyal to Britain

Question 32

Alliance with France

Answer 32

gave Americans access to more troops, supplies and money that they needed to defeat the British

Question 33

Why did some natives join the British side during the American Revolution?

Answer 33

Natives thought that the British government would be able to check the westward expansion of the colonists into Indian territory