Chapter 5

Question 1

Why did the British begin taxing the colonists? (2)

Answer 1

To pay the military and the war debts

Question 2

Name all eight acts passed by Parliament in the Revolutionary era.

Answer 2

Proclamation of 1763
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Declaratory Act
Townshend Act
Tea Act
Intolerable (Coersive) Acts

Question 3

Why were the colonists upset? (2)

Answer 3

Taxes were a job for the colonial assembly, and they should have representation in Parliament if they were to be taxed.

Question 4

Name three quotes from Patrick Henry.

Answer 4

“No taxation without representation”
“Give me liberty or give me death”
“If this be treason, then make the most of it”

Question 5

minuteman

Answer 5

during Revolutionary era, civilian sworn to be ready to fight with one minute’s notice

Question 6

Loyalist

Answer 6

American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

Question 7

Patriot

Answer 7

American colonist who favored American independence

Question 8

prohibit

Answer 8

to prevent to forbid

Question 9

revenue

Answer 9

incoming money from taxes or other sources

Question 10

violate

Answer 10

to disregard or go against

Question 11

resoultion

Answer 11

an official expression of opinion by a group

Question 12

effigy

Answer 12

a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual

Question 13

boycott

Answer 13

to refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one’s terms

Question 14

repeal

Answer 14

to cancel an act or law

Question 15

rebellion

Answer 15

open defiance of authority

Question 16

occupy

Answer 16

to move into and take control of a place, especially be force encounter a sudden, violent clash

Question 17

encounter

Answer 17

to meet, come face to face with

Question 18

propaganda

Answer 18

ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause

Question 19

committee of correspondence

Answer 19

an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies

Question 20

approach

Answer 20

to draw near to something

Question 21

so-called

Answer 21

known as

Question 22

petition

Answer 22

a formal request