Chapter 5 - The American Revolution

Question 1

Tea act

Answer 1

Legislation passed by the British government to give the British east India company a monopoly on tea in the colonies; the act led to the Boston tea party

Question 2

The Boston Tea Party

Answer 2

American colonists protested the British tax on tea by dumping 342 crates of British tea into the Boston harbor. It resulted in the closing of the port of Boston, imposing military rule and starving them into surrender.

Question 3

Committees of correspondence

Answer 3

Groups organized by local colonial governments for the purpose of coordinating written communication with the other colonies; they spread the colonial interpretation of British actions among the colonies and to foreign governments. The network of committees would later provide the basis for formal political union among the colonies

Question 4

Patrick Henry

Answer 4

“Give me liberty or give me death” speech in the house of burgess

Question 5

Taxation without representation

Answer 5

Rallying cry of the colonists during the revolutionary period because of the taxes placed on them by parliament in which they had no representation

Question 6

Continental Congress

Answer 6

A body of representatives from British North America who met to respond to England’s intolerable acts; they declared independence and later drafted the articles of confederation

Question 7

The Declaration of Independence

Answer 7

1776 document that expressed desire and intention of the colonies to break ties with Britain due to the injustices perpetrated by King George iii

Question 8

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 8

Principal author of the Declaration of Independence and founding father; political philosopher who supported classical liberalism and republicanism and separation of church and state

Question 9

Thomas Paine

Answer 9

Radical pamphleteer who helped strengthen American morale during the revolution through his powerful writings (Common Sense, The American Crisis)

Question 10

Common Sense

Answer 10

A political tract written by Paine that helped convince colonists about the need to fight against Britain to become independent

Question 11

Paul Revere

Answer 11

An American silversmith and patriot in the revolution known for his role as messenger in the battles of Lexington and concord helping to organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the British military

Question 12

George Washington

Answer 12

He led America’s continental army to victory over Britain and was first president; because of his central role in the founding he is often called the father of his country