Causes of Revolution

Question 1

French and Indian War

Answer 1

A war in North America between British people, the French and Natives
Started everything
The colonists wanted the land too, and hey go taxed bc of all the war debt
The Natives didn’t like that their land as being taken

Question 2

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 2

The British King set up a border over the Appalachian Mountains that didn’t let the colonists move West
-to prevent fights between the colonists and Native Americans
-The colonists didn’t think that people living so far away should be able to control them
-The colonists just fought for that land, and now they don’t get to have it
-Colonists that had already settled there would have to uproot their lives
-They saw it as an act of tyranny
-Taxation w/o representation
-The colonists protested
-The colonists thought all the good farm land was out west

Question 3

Sugar Act

Answer 3

Taxes on sugar and molasses
Forbids import of foreign rum
raises money for Britain bc of the war debt
Intended to stop smuggling with the writs of assistance
Taxation w/o representation, violation of rights
Colonists boycotted British goods and beat up British officials

Question 4

Stamp Act

Answer 4

Tax on printed material to pay off debt from war
The first time the British directly taxed colonists
colonists
boycotted British goods and signed non-importation agreements
colonists protested
Taxation w/o representation
Violated colonists rights

Question 5

Quartering Act

Answer 5

Required colonists to house and feed British soldiers if they had nowhere to stay
The colonists were angry because the British soldiers were there even during peacetime

Question 6

Declaration Act

Answer 6

an act that said the British have the right to tax colonists
-replaced Stamp Act
-questions about taxation w/o representation intensified

Question 7

Townshend Act

Answer 7

Taxed imported goods
-A way to make up for all the $ the British spent on administering and protecting the colonies.
-meant to punish NY for not complying with the quartering act
-colonists boycotted English products attacked tax collectors
-Violation of rights, taxation w/o representation
-Boston massacre groups were sent in to Boston

Question 8

Anglican Bishop

Answer 8

The British government sent an Anglican Bishop to the colonies
The colonists chased out the Bishop
The colonists came for freedom of religion

Question 9

Boston Massacre

Answer 9

The colonists were upset over taxes and protested.
So, British Red Coats were sent to enforce the rules. This was an indication of oppression to the colonists.
An argument between troops and colonists escalated until it resulted in an angry mob.
In the midst of the confusion, someone yelled fire but no body knows who started it.
This angered the colonists because the belief of peace with Britain was gone
John Adams was a lawyer who agreed to defend any soldier in the Massacre, and all but two of them were decreed innocent. They were acting in self defense

Question 10

Tea Act

Answer 10

Taxed imports on tea
Gave the British East India Trading Company almost complete control over over tea market
This hurt colonial merchants bc the tea could be sold directly to the colonist
In response: Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty dumped tea over Boston Harbor
Attacked anyone who tried to steal tea

Question 11

First Continental Congress

Answer 11

Colonists met up to decide what to do in response to her intollerable acts
They sent a letter to the British King
They sent Boston money and food in support
They got their militias ready

Question 12

Lexington and Concord

Answer 12

The beginning of the American Revolution
Joseph Warne learned that British troops would march to Concord and attack.
He sent Paul Rvere to secretly alert Concord when the British started to march into Lexington
Paul Revere lit up the steeple of a church which was a symbol that the British were arriving by sea
When the British arrived in Lexintgon, they were met with militia
Nobody knows who fired the first bullet
The militia retreated to Concord and met the other militia in Concord
The British groups realized they where outnumbered and retreated
The British met up w/ reinforcements in Lexington but it all wasn’t enough and the British left, the colonists had won

Question 13

Intolerable Acts

Answer 13

In response to the Boston Tea Party, the British shut down Boston Harbor (canceling all trade)
Britain hoped to divide the colonies
Other colonists rallied to support and called the first continental congress

Question 14

Sons of Liberty

Answer 14

A group of colonists who organized responses to British attacks
Organized Boston tea Party
Fought for representation within Parliament, but once they realized that wasn’t going to happen they fought for freedom

Question 15

Daughters of Liberty

Answer 15

Gathered together in their homes to keep the revolution going
they created everything people in Boston needed since they couldn’t trade
They passed messages
They aren’t as famous bc they weren’t a part of the Boston Massacre

Question 16

Boston Tea Party

Answer 16

Tea was very popular in the US
When the tax on tea was passed, the colonists were mad bc it was taxation w/o representation
The tax mas made in order to make up for debt from the F/I War
To avoid the tax, colonists smuggled in the tea
The colonists boycotted tea and grew their own
To help with tax enforcement, new troops were sent which caused the Boston Massacre.
To stop the boycott, English sold tea directly to colonists instead of merchants which lowered the price. However, it hurt merchants.
The colonists were angry bc they thought that it was a trick to get them to buy tea.
Then, the Sons of Liberty organized the Boston tea party which caused the Intollerable Acts