APUSH - Ch 4 American Revolution 1763-1783

Question 0

Treaty of Paris (1763)

Answer 0

-France surrendered most of its North American holdings

Question 1

Albany Plan

Answer 1

-Ben Franklin’s attempt to unite the colonies during French and Indian War

Question 2

Proclamation Act of 1763

Answer 2

-ordered colonists not to settle east of Appalachian Mountains

Question 3

The Stamp Act (1765)

Answer 3

-imposed tax on stamps, which had to be on all papers

Question 4

Stamp Act Congress

Answer 4

• met to discuss grievances
• no taxation without representation
• Britain responded claiming virtual representation

Question 5

Townshend Acts (1767)

Answer 5

-imposed more taxes on the colonists

Question 6

Boston Massacre

Answer 6

• British troops open fired on a crowd

- showed British brutality

Question 7

The Gaspee Affair

Answer 7

-local men boarded a British ship and looted it

Question 8

Tea Act (1773)

Answer 8

• removed tariffs on British tea

- colonists could only buy British tea

Question 9

Boston Tea Party

Answer 9

• colonists threw 1 million dollars worth of tea into harbor

- Britain responded with Coercive Acts

Question 10

Coercive/Intolerable Acts

Answer 10

• response to Boston Tea Party
• closed Boston port
• Massachusetts now governed by Britain

Question 11

Lexington and Concord (1775)

Answer 11

• first battle between colonists and Britain

- “shot heard round the world”

Question 12

Olive Branch Petition

Answer 12

• affirmed loyalty to monarch, put blame on Parliament

- rejected

Question 13

Common Sense

Answer 13

-inspired people to seek independence

Question 14

Declaration of Independence

Answer 14

-influenced by John Locke - all men are created equal

Question 15

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 15

-British forces from Canada routed on way to NY City

Question 16

Treaty of Paris

Answer 16

• ends revolutionary war
• U.S. recognized as a country
• U.S. owns Florida to Canada