Chapter 5 Exam Study Guide

Question 0

Loyalist

Answer 0

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

Question 1

Patriot

Answer 1

American colonist who favored American independence

Question 2

Sugar Act

Answer 2

• 1764
• lowered tax on imported molasses
• let officers seize goods from smugglers without going to court
• the British G.O.V hoped this would stop the smuggling in the colonies

Question 3

Stamp Act

Answer 3

• 1765
• placed a tax on all printed material-Ex:newspapers, wills & playing cards
• all printed material had to have a stamp
• British officials applied the stamp after the tax was paid

Question 4

Intolerable/Coercive Acts

Answer 4

• closed the Boston Harbor until the Massachusetts colonist paid for tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party
• banned town meetings in New England
• forced Bostonians to shelter soldiers in their homes
• British officials accused of a crime in America were trailed in Britian

Question 5

Townshend Acts

Answer 5

• 1767

- tax on imported goods such as glass, tea & paper with the tax being paid at the port of entry

Question 6

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 6

• set the Appalachian Mountains as the temporary western boundary for the colonies
• was placed to prevent fighting with Native Americans

Question 7

Common Sense

Answer 7

• Thomas Paine published this pamphlet in January 1776
• Paine called for complete independence
• it greatly influenced opinion throughout the colonies

Question 8

Declaratory Act

Answer 8

-it gave Parliament the right to tax & make decisions for all the colonies “in all cases”

Question 9

“The shot heard around the world”

Answer 9

• Lexington & Concord

- 1st time in history that colonist attacked their mother country

Question 10

Ethan Allen

Answer 10

• Patriot leader & he lead the Green Mountain Boys

- he & Benedict Arnold took over Fort Ticondoga(largest British fort in America)

Question 11

Patrick Henry

Answer 11

• member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
• persuaded the burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act
• 1st to call himself an American

Question 12

Paul Revere

Answer 12

• a member of the Sons of Liberty

- he rode to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams that “the regulars were coming”

Question 13

William Prescott

Answer 13

Colonel at battle of Bunker Hill

Question 14

Samuel Adams

Answer 14

• Patriot leader in Boston

- helped start the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act

Question 15

Who recommended George Washington to be the commander of the Patriots?

Answer 15

John Adams

Question 16

How did the king and Parliament view the colonies?

Answer 16

IDK

Question 17

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 17

Thomas Jefferson

Question 18

Who ran the first post office in America?

Answer 18

Benjamin Franklin

Question 19

How did the British government try to stop the smuggling of goods in the colonies?

Answer 19

By passing the Sugar Act