Chapter 4

Question 1

How did the French and Indian War contribute to the starting the American Revolution?

Answer 1

The war caused Great Britain to accumulate a large amount of debt which they tried to repay by taxing the colonists.

Question 2

The Stamp Act required colonists to ____________

Answer 2

place stamps on most printed materials

Question 3

John Locke’s concepts of natural rights was incorporated into which of the following documents?

Answer 3

The Declaration of Independence

Question 4

What was the first direct tax (on printed materials) the British placed on the colonists?

Answer 4

Stamp Act

Question 5

On March 5, 1770, a crowd of colonists began taunting and throwing snowballs at a British Soldier guarding the customs house, which resulted in the

Answer 5

The Boston Massacre

Question 6

With what laws did the British intend to punish Massachusetts for the “tea party” and end colonial challenges to British authority?

Answer 6

The Coercive Acts

Question 7

What document declared loyalty to the king, but called for an end of the hostilities?

Answer 7

The Olive Branch Petition

Question 8

Which two acts became known in the colonies as the Intolerable Acts?

Answer 8

The Quebec Act and the Coercive Acts

Question 9

When the British troops set out for Concord on a road that took them past the town of Lexington, two men helped to spread the alarm, William Dawes and

Answer 9

Paul Revere

Question 10

Wearing homespun clothes (made by the Daughters of Liberty) __________________

Answer 10

showed patriotism

Question 11

Two philosophers who influenced the Declaration of Independence were ________________

Answer 11

Thomas Paine and John Locke

Question 12

The Americans who backed the British were known as __________________________

Answer 12

Loyalists or Tories

Question 13

The “shot heard around the world” was fired at _____________

Answer 13

Lexington and Concord

Question 14

Who was chosen as the Commander of the Continental Army?

Answer 14

George Washington

Question 15

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 15

Thomas Jefferson

Question 16

Who was the author of Common Sense and The American Crisis?

Answer 16

Thomas Paine

Question 17

Two battles that occurred the same day on April 19, 1775 marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War was _________________

Answer 17

Lexington and Concord

Question 18

What was the battle that demonstrated to the untrained colonial militia that they could stand up against the great British Army even though they ran low on ammunition?

Answer 18

Bunker Hill

Question 19

What was the event in which large amounts of tea were thrown into the harbor by colonists, many of which were members of the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Native Americans?

Answer 19

The Boston Tea Party

Question 20

Thomas Jefferson considered ___________ to be critical to the new countries success, calling it the “keystone of our arch of government

Answer 20

an educated public

Question 21

Writs of Assistance was a _______________

Answer 21

search warrant

Question 22

The ____________________________ changed the tax rates levied on raw sugar and molasses imported from the colonies while also placing new taxes on silk, wine, coffee, pimento, and indigo.

Answer 22

Sugar Act

Question 23

The committee of correspondence was designed to ___________________

Answer 23

create communication and unity within the colonies in order to resist the British

Question 24

On September 5, 1774, in Philadelphia, a colonial congress was coordinated by the committees of correspondence called the _________________________.

Answer 24

The First Continental Congress

Question 25

In response to the Sugar Act, some colonists argued that the British had no right to tax Americans ____________________________.

Answer 25

Without colonial representation in Parliament

Question 26

What pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, encouraged colonists to declare independence from the monarchy of England and sold over 100,000 copies in 3 months?

Answer 26

Common Sense

Question 27

What document includes the following text “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”?

Answer 27

The Declaration of Independence

Question 28

What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 28

To explain why the colonies had chosen to separate from Great Britain

Question 29

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”

What is meant by the phrase “unalienable rights”?

Answer 29

Some rights are given to men by God and cannot be taken away

Question 30

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

What did the founding fathers intend by the phrase “all men are created equal”?

Answer 30

The white men of the colonies should be treated the same as white men of Great Britain.

Question 31

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

What is one interpretation of the phrase “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”?

Answer 31

The government cannot deprive you of freedom without due process.

Everyone has the right and opportunity to succeed in America

Question 32

True or False: The Sugar Act taxed paper goods.

Answer 32

False-It was the Stamp Act.

Question 33

True or False: Crispus Attucks was the first person killed in the Boston massacre.

Answer 33

True

Question 34

True or False: During the American Revolution, patriots were loyal to the king.

Answer 34

False-Loyalist were loyal to the king.

Question 35

True or False: The Declaratory Act stated that Parliament had the right to make laws for the colonies.

Answer 35

True