CHAPTER 2: Tension and Revolution

Question 1

The roots of the American Revolution go all the way back to the late 1600s because
of the idea of ____________

Answer 1

Mercantilism

Question 2

Nations needed colonies for

Answer 2

resources

Question 3

In 1660, England began passing a series of laws known as the ________________ which prevented their colonies from trading with anyone but England

Answer 3

Navigation Acts

Question 4

forbade the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains

Answer 4

Proclamation of 1763

Question 5

Beginning in the mid 1760s, Parliament passed a series of _____ and ______ that made the Americans mad. The Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Declaratory Act

Answer 5

Laws and Taxes

Question 6

In January 1776, ________________ published his famous pamphlet, Common Sense.

Answer 6

Thomas Paine

Question 7

Not all colonists supported independence, ____________ remained loyal to the king.

Answer 7

Loyalists