Chapter 5

Question 1

What three things lead to individualism being strong in the colonies?

Answer 1

1. Great Britain treated the colonies with salutary neglect.
2. The colonies made their own laws and acted independently from GB.
3. Land was cheapee than in Europe and there were more landowners in the colonies than in England.

Question 2

Why did England place a number of taxes (acts) against the colonists?

Answer 2

During the F&I War, England became in debt and they began to tax the colonists to pay it off

Question 3

What is importing or exporting without paying proper taxes on goods? (Also GB’s top priority in the colonies at this time)

Answer 3

Smuggling

Question 4

How was the Sugar Act supposed to stop smuggling?

Answer 4

Lowered the tax on molasses to try and convince people to stop smuggling in 1764

Question 5

What was the problem for the colonists with the Sugar Act? (What British law was contradicted?)

Answer 5

“Innocent until proven guilty”

Question 6

What was the Stamp Act?

Answer 6

Placed a tax on almost all printed materials. Could not be sold without a stamp from Bristish officials

Question 7

Who persuaded the House of Burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act?

Answer 7

Patrick Henry

Question 8

What was the purpose of the Sons of Liberty?

Answer 8

Was a secret society formed to protect the rights of the colonists and fight taxation by the by the British.

Question 9

Who was the founder of the Sons of Liberty?

Answer 9

Samuel Adams

Question 10

What was important about the Declaratory Act?

Answer 10

Stated that England had the right to tax the colonies in all cases

Question 11

What was important about the Townshend Acts?

Answer 11

Imported goods before they even come to the colonies

Question 12

Who owned the ship Liberty?

Answer 12

John Hancock

Question 13

What was required of colonial citizens when the Quartering Act was passed?

Answer 13

To house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies

Question 14

What event did the Colonists use as an example of propaganda?

Answer 14

The Boston Massacre

Question 15

What is information designed to influence opinion?

Answer 15

Propaganda

Question 16

How many people were killed at the Boston Massacre?

Answer 16

5 people

Question 17

What Acts were repealed due to the Boston Massacre?

Answer 17

Tea & Intolerable Acts

Question 18

What occurs when only one company controls a product?

Answer 18

Monopoly

Question 19

What event was a response to the Tea Act of 1773?

Answer 19

Tea was cheaper than any other tea in the colonies and colonists have no representation

Question 20

What does salutary neglect mean?

Answer 20

Not strictly enforcing most laws

Question 21

During the time of the Boston Tea Party most colonists considered themselves to be part of what empire?

Answer 21

Some considered themselves to be part of the British empire

Question 22

As a punishment for the Boston Tea Party, what did King George III impose upon Massachusetts?

Answer 22

The Intolerable Acts (harsh laws)

Question 23

Were the Coercive Acts successful in isolating Boston?

Answer 23

No

Question 24

What is the name of the best militias in Massachusetts?

Answer 24

Minutemen

Question 25

What did Paul Revere shout to warn the colonists of an impending attack?

Answer 25

"The regulars are coming out!"

Question 26

What battle featured the “shot heard ‘round the world”?

Answer 26

The Battle at Lexington

Question 27

Who was under command of the colonial troops at Bunker Hill and what was his famous quote?

Answer 27

William Prescott "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."

Question 28

What did the British find out after the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Answer 28

Defeating the Americans wouldn't be quick or easy

Question 29

Who were people who considered the unfair taxes upon the colonies was not a good reason to rebel?

Answer 29

Loyalists

Question 30

Who were determined to fight the British until independence is gained?

Answer 30

Patriots

Question 31

Who headed up the first post office in America?

Answer 31

Second Contitnental Congress

Question 32

What was created by the Second Continental Congress to better organize military efforts?

Answer 32

Continental Army

Question 33

What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write?

Answer 33

Common Sense

Question 34

What does Paine believe the colonies should be a refuge from?

Answer 34

Tyrants & Persecution

Question 35

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 35

Thomas Jefferson

Question 36

What day was the Declaration of Independence accepted/approved?

Answer 36

July 4, 1776

Question 37

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 37

To explain why the colonies chose to form a new nation

Question 38

Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 38

John Hancock

Question 39

What is the introduction of the Declaration of Independence called?

Answer 39

The Preamble

Question 40

Did the Declaration of Independence explain why the colonies chose to form a new nation?

Answer 40

Yes

Question 41

What was rung on July 8, 1776 at the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 41

The Liberty Bell