Causes of the American Revolution

Question 1

What is the Proclamation of 1763, what does it do, and what impact does it have?

Answer 1

The Proclamation of 1763 made it so the colonists couldn’t cross the Appalachian Mountains.

Question 2

How far does the British/Colonial territory stretch?

Answer 2

East of the mississippi

Question 3

What reasons for taxation does parliament offer?

Answer 3

To pay back the war

Question 4

In what ways were the British attempting to control the colonies?

Answer 4

The British taxed the colonies

Question 5

In what ways did Britain respond to colonial protests?

Answer 5

repeal the tax but then tax them with no representation

Question 6

What is a loyalist? What is a Patriot?

Answer 6

A loyalist is someone who remained loyal to the British. A patriot is someone who rebelled against British control.

Question 7

What is a boycott?

Answer 7

A boycott is to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest.

Question 8

What colonial leaders emerged out of the conflicts?

Answer 8

George Washington, Patrick Henry, John Adams, Sam Adams, John hancock, Thomas Pain, Paul Revere

Question 9

Why are the colonist so angry about taxation?

Answer 9

They were angry because they got no taxation without representation.

Question 10

Who are the Sons of Liberty and what do they do?

Answer 10

The Sons of Liberty were an organized political organization who dressed up as Native Americans to dump shipments of tea overboard which caused the Boston tea party.

Question 11

What is the Boston Massacre and what impact does it have?

Answer 11

The Boston Massacre was a street fight that was between the colonists and the British soldiers, which led the colonists to throw snowballs, stones, and sticks and having one colonist say “fire” and lead to the soldiers firing and having 5 colonists killed.

Question 12

What role does John Adam play in the Boston Massacre?

Answer 12

John Adams’ role in the Boston Massacre was that he was a lawyer who decided to defend the British soldiers.

Question 13

What is the stamp act and why did the colonists resent it?

Answer 13

The Stamp Act required the colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper like and the colonists resented this because they did not think that Britain should have the right to tax them.

Question 14

What is the Boston Tea party, why does it happen, and what impact does it have?

Answer 14

The Boston Tea party was caused by the Sons of liberty who dressed up as Native Americans to dump shipments of tea overboard this was because of the Tea Act

Question 15

What happened at Lexington and Concord and what impact does it have?

Answer 15

A war happened and it was the cause of the American Revolution.

Question 16

What is the First Continental Congress, and what impact does it have?

Answer 16

It was a meeting to help Boston after Boston was punished for the Boston tea party.

Question 17

Where does the First Continental Congress take place?

Answer 17

It took place in Philadelphia and only 12 colonies attended except Georgia because Georgia was a loyalist.

Question 18

Who were the Tories?

Answer 18

colonists who felt a deep loyalty to Great Britain

Question 19

Why did Parliament pass the Stamp Act?

Answer 19

to have the colonists help pay off the large debt from the French and Indian War

Question 20

The colonists reacted so strongly against the Stamp Act because

Answer 20

they viewed it as taxation without representation

Question 21

What did the Townshend Acts do?

Answer 21

they placed a tax on popular imported goods, such as glass, paint, and tea

Question 22

How did colonists react to the Townshend Acts?

Answer 22

they stopped buying imported British goods to avoid paying the taxes on them

Question 23

What happened at the Boston Massacre?

Answer 23

British soldiers panicked during a riot and killed five colonists

Question 24

Why did John Adams defend the British soldiers at the trail after the Boston Massacre?

Answer 24

he believed that every person had a right to a fair trial

Question 25

What did the Tea Act of 1773 do?

Answer 25

it gave the British East India Company a monopoly over tea sales in the colonies

Question 26

How did some Boston colonists react to the Tea Act?

Answer 26

the boarded British ships and dumped tea into the harbor

Question 27

How did the British Parliament react to the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 27

it passed a series of harsh new laws to prove Britain’s authority over the colonies

Question 28

Where was the first confrontation between the Minutemen and British troops?

Answer 28

Lexington

Question 29

What did the colonists prove in the fighting in Lexington and Concord?

Answer 29

they were willing to fight to the death for their rights