Chapter 3: Revolutionary America

Question 1

French and Indian War

Answer 1

-between the French and the British
-over the Ohio River Valley
-most Indians sided with the French
-British ended up winning

Question 2

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 2

-stated that the colonists ould not settle west of the Appalachian mountains
-colonists contined to settle into Native American territory

Question 3

Pontiac’s Rebellion

Answer 3

-Pontiac was an Ottawa leader
-claimed to have brought Native American tribes together and lead an attack on Fort Detroit
-ultimately failed

Question 4

Representative Assemblies

Answer 4

-a group of representatives elected by the people in an area
-were a part of representative governments

Question 5

Parliament

Answer 5

-Britain’s lawmaking body

Question 6

Intolerable Acts

Answer 6

-acts of the British government that broke the “final straw” of colonists
-when Britain closed off Boston’s ports, restricting all trade
-some southern colonies sent food to Boston because the ports were blocked off

Question 7

Boston Tea Party

Answer 7

-when the Sons of Liberty boarded a British ship with tea and dumped it into the Boston Harbor
-The Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans

Question 8

Daughters of Liberty

Answer 8

-helped make fabic for clothing since the ports were closed off
-made and found other items that were being boycotted

Question 9

Common Sense

Answer 9

-pamphlet written by Thomas Paine
-explained how the colonists should be free from the rule of Great Britain in simple terms

Question 10

Declaration of Independence

Answer 10

-“Greatest breakup letter of all time”
-stated that America was a free and independent country form Britain

Question 11

Battle of Bunker Hill

Answer 11

-The Americans were forced to retreat
-British suffered 1,054 casualties
-Americans only suffered 411 casualties

Question 12

Ohio River Valley

Answer 12

-French and British were fighting over this land in the French and Indian War
-land along the Ohio River that was wanted for settling or as a trade post

Question 13

Mercantilism

Answer 13

-an economic theory around the ideas of a balance of trade and using metals as currency

Question 14

House of Burgesses

Answer 14

-Only representative government in the colonies
-in Virginia
-Consisted of elected officials

Question 15

Direct Democracy

Answer 15

-A government where all citiznes create laws
-there are no elected representatives

Question 16

Stamp Act

Answer 16

-a law passed by Parliament that imposed a tax on all paper goods bought and sold in the colonies

Question 17

Townshend Acts

Answer 17

-the law created by Charles Townshend that imposed a tax on imported goods like glas, lead, paper, paint, and tea

Question 18

Sons of Liberty

Answer 18

-A group of Patriots that started out as 9 in Boston
-was created to protest the British laws and Acts

Question 19

Boston Massacre

Answer 19

-Started when angry colonists started throwing things like rocks at Bitish Soldiers
-first person shot was Crispus Attucks

Question 20

First Continental Congress

Answer 20

-one delegate from each colony except for Gerogia came together to create a response to the Intolerable Acts

Question 21

Articles of Confederation

Answer 21

-gave more power to the colonies themselves than the federal government
-created to prevent the federal governemnt from turning into what they just freed themselves from

Question 22

Yorktown

Answer 22

-In Virginia
-British were on a peninsula
-Americans surrounded the British on all three land sides
-French Navy blocked off their access to supplis, people, food, etc.
-British ended up surrendering

Question 23

Native American, African American, and women

Answer 23

-Native American’s tried to stay out of it
-Slaves were promised freedom if they joined the British side
-Many slaves followed their masters’ footsteps if they were kind
-Slaves went to opposing sides if they’re masters treated them pooorly
-women pretended to be men and sfought in the war
-women were also spies

Question 24

America’s problems

Answer 24

-they had an entire country to defend
-they had to establish an economy
-they were all on their own for supplies
-they had to create a government