Chapter 5

Question 1

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

Answer 1

More landowners, colonies made their own laws, GB treated colonies with salutary neglect

Question 2

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

Answer 2

They were in dept from the war

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 taxes on molasses, but caused for British officers to seize a ship and goods without going to a trial

Question 5

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

Answer 5

It enableled the colonist from the “innocent untill proven guilty” saying

Question 6

What was the Stamp Act?

Answer 6

An act that put a tax on most printed goods

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

A secret society formed to protect the rights of the colonist and to fight taxation 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

It stated Engand had the right to tax the colonist in any way and all cases

Question 11

What was important about the Townshend Acts?

Answer 11

Taxed imported goods before they arrived in 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

Required the colonist to house British soldiers in their homes, barns, sheds, etc…

Question 14

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

Answer 14

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

Five

Question 17

What Acts were repealed due to the Boston Massacre?

Answer 17

The Townshed 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

Boston Tea Party

Question 20

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

Answer 20

England

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Coercive Acts ,or Intolerable Acts

Question 22

Were the Coercive Acts successful in isolating Boston?

Answer 22

No, Boston was helped by other colonies ,causing the start of unity

Question 23

What is the name of the best militias in Massachusetts?

Answer 23

Minutemen

Question 24

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

Answer 24

” The Regulars Are Coming Out!!!”

Question 25

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

Answer 25

The Battle of Lexington

Question 26

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

Answer 26

General Prescott said, " Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."

Question 27

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

Answer 27

It proved to the British it was going to be harder to be the colonist then they thought

Question 28

Who were people who considered the unfair taxes upon the colonies not good reasons to rebel?

Answer 28

Loyalists or Tories

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Patriots or Rebels

Question 30

Who headed up the first post office in America?

Answer 30

Benjamin Franklin

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Continental Army

Question 32

What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write?

Answer 32

"Common Sense"

Question 33

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

Answer 33

Tryants and Persecution

Question 34

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 34

Thomas Jefferson

Question 35

What day was the Declaration of Independence accepted/approved?

Answer 35

July 4, 1776

Question 36

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 36

To explain why the colonists chose to seperate from Britian

Question 37

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

Answer 37

John Hancock

Question 38

What is the introduction of the Declaration of Independence called?

Answer 38

Peamble

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Yes

Question 40

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

Answer 40

The Liberty Bell

Question 41

What does salutary neglect mean?

Answer 41

A country doesn't inforce the laws themselfs