Ch. 2.3 The American Revolution

Question 1

colony

Answer 1

land owned and controlled by a mother country

Question 2

Stamp Act

Answer 2

Parliament imposed this 1765. required that certain printed materials must carry a stamp showing that tax had been paid to Britain

Question 3

Declaration of Independence

Answer 3

written by Thomas Jefferson. approved by 2nd Continental Congress on July 2/4, 1776. declare colonies to be free from British crown. use Locke’s ideas. almost like declaration of war to GB

Question 4

Articles of Confederation

Answer 4

U.S’s first constitution. not good enough

Question 5

federal system

Answer 5

system in which power is shared between national and state governments

Question 6

Bill of Rights

Answer 6

ten amendments approved by the states

Question 7

(a) tension

Answer 7

“The TENSION between Great Britain and the colonies had started before the Stamp Act was passed.”

Question 8

(a) correspondence

Answer 8

“Previously, at Thomas Jefferson’s urging, the colonies had formed committees of CORRESPONDENCE to allow them to communicate with each other about the British.”

Question 9

(a) amendments

Answer 9

“In 1789 the new Congress proposed 12 AMENDMENTS.”

Question 10

(a) assembly

Answer 10

“They guaranteed freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, and ASSEMBLY.”

Question 11

(p) William Pitt the Elder

Answer 11

Britain’s prime minister. try and destroy France during Seven Years’ War aka French and Indian War

Question 12

(p) King George III

Answer 12

ordered Coercive Acts (aka Intolerable Acts) to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party

Question 13

(p) George Washington

Answer 13

led Continental Army. became first U.S. president.

Question 14

(p) Thomas Jefferson

Answer 14

wrote Declaration of Independence. include Locke’s ideas of natural rights and gov’t duties

Question 15

(pl) Yorktown

Answer 15

Gen. Cornwallis of England surrender here. British decide to end war