Chapter 5

Question 1

George III

Answer 1

Became King of England in 1760, and reigned during the American Revolution.

Question 2

Earl of Bute

Answer 2

replaced Pitt who departed after quarrel with George III over policy; was responsible for peace settlements

Question 3

Pontiac

Answer 3

1763 - An Indian uprising after the French and Indian War, led by an Ottowa chief named Pontiac. They opposed British expansion into the western Ohio Valley and began destroying British forts in the area. The attacks ended when Pontiac was killed.

Question 4

Patrick Henry

Answer 4

“Give me liberty or give me death”

Question 5

Lord Rockingham

Answer 5

Replaced Grenville; repealed the Stamp Act and had the Sugar Act further reduced; had Parliament pass the declaratory act

Question 6

Samuel Adams

Answer 6

American Revolutionary leader and patriot, Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence

Question 7

First Continental Congress

Answer 7

Delagates from all colonies except georgia met to discuss problems with britain and to promote independence

Question 8

Continental Congress (1775) Trenton

Answer 8

meeting of reps in Philadelphia to denounce Intolerable Acts and petition British Parliament. Discussed breaking from England

Question 9

Saratoga

Answer 9

A battle that took place in New York where the Continental Army defeated the British. It proved to be the turning point of the war. This battle ultimately had France to openly support the colonies with military forces in addition to the supplies and money already being sent.

Question 10

Charleston

Answer 10

1690 - The first permanent settlement in the Carolinas, named in honor of King Charles II. Much of the population were Huguenot (French Protestant) refugees.

Question 11

King’s Mountain

Answer 11

This battle was a victory for the Americans and a turning point battle of the Revolutionary War in the South

Question 12

Yorktown

Answer 12

1781; last battle of the revolution; Benedict Arnold, Cornwallis and Washington; colonists won because British were surrounded and they surrended

Question 13

Revenue Act of 1764

Answer 13

Grenville-you can trade openly if you pay a tax, tax was aimed @ raising revenue for parliament, taxation without representation

Question 14

Stamp Act

Answer 14

1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

Question 15

Declaratory Act

Answer 15

Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act. Stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases.

Question 16

Townshend Revenue Act

Answer 16

Passed by Parliament in 1767, this act imposed import duties on tea, paper, glass, red and white lead, and painter’s colors. It provoked the imperial crisis of 1767-1770. In 1770 Parliament repealed all of the duties except the one on tea.

Question 17

boycotts

Answer 17

People refuse to buy a company’s product until the company meets demands.

Question 18

Virgina Resolves

Answer 18

Formal statements of the House of Burgesses protesting the Stamp Act in 1765

Question 19

East India Company

Answer 19

An English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia

Question 20

Quebec Act

Answer 20

Extended boundaries of Quebec and granted equal rights to Catholics and recognized legality Catholic Church in the territory; colonists feared this meant that a pope would soon oversee the colonies.

Question 21

Lexington/COncord

Answer 21

the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)

Question 22

minutemen

Answer 22

A group of armed men who fought in the Revolutionary War

Question 23

Prohibitory Act

Answer 23

Cut off all trade between the colonies and England AND removed the colonies from the “King’s Protection”

Question 24

Ben Franklin

Answer 24

A delegate from Pennsylvania and proposed the “Albany Plan of the Union” as a way to strengthen colonies.

Question 25

John Adams

Answer 25

second president of the united states

Question 26

John Jay

Answer 26

1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, negotiated with British for Washington