Chapter 5⃣

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Land Ownership,Acted Indpendently, And Sauletary Neglect

Question 2

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

Answer 2

To Pay For War Debts

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

It Lowered The Tax On Molasses

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 Material In The Colonies

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

To Protect The Rights Of The Colonist and To Fight Taxation By The Brittish

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

Had The Right To Tax The Colonies In 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

House Brittish Soliders 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

5⃣

Question 17

What Acts were repealed due to the Boston Massacre?

Answer 17

“The Townshend Acts”

Question 18

What occurs when only one company controls a product?

Answer 18

Monoply

Question 19

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

Answer 19

“The 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

The Brittish Empire

Question 21

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

Answer 21

He Closed Boston Harbor

Question 22

Were the Coercive Acts successful in isolating Boston?

Answer 22

No

Question 23

What is the name of the best militias in Massachusetts?

Answer 23

Minute-Men

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 Lexington Battle

Question 26

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

Answer 26

William Prescott "Dont Fire Till You See The Whites Of Their Eyes"

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Deafeating The Colonist Would Not Be Quick And Easy

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Loyalist

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Patoriots

Question 30

Who headed up the first post office in America?

Answer 30

Ben Franklin

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Contiental 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

Tyrants 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 Colonies Chose To Form A New Nation

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

Premeable

Question 39

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

Answer 39

The Liberty Bell 🔔

Question 40

What does salutary neglect mean?

Answer 40

Not Strictly Enforcing Most Laws