Matrix For Understanding Colonial Unrest

Question 1

Proclamation

Answer 1

• A formal announcement

- British announced the land won during the French and Indian war

Question 2

Quartering act

Answer 2

• required colonist to put British soldiers up in their home

- colonists felt that the British should have asked for their approval before they just put them in there house

Question 3

Stamp act

Answer 3

• The British were in depth after the French and Indian war
• required colonist to pay the tax on the most printed materials such as newspapers pamphlets marriage license and even the deck of cards

Question 4

Townsend acts

Answer 4

• Charles Townsend imposed a small indirect tax on glass lead paper Paint and tea
• this was indirect because it was collected bite seaports
• Townsend hope the grip colonists would not even notice they have been paying attacks

Question 5

Boston massacre

Answer 5

• A model of colonist in Boston began to harass British troops
• got out of hand in the troops opened fire five colonist died
• citizens of Boston called a Townmeeting to demand the removal of the British troops

Question 6

Boston tea party

Answer 6

• Parliament passed the tea act, which gave the British East Indies company a complete monopoly of the Americans Tea business meaning you can only buy tea from that company
• this act actually lowered the price of tea

Question 7

Intolerable acts

Answer 7

1. closest port of Boston
2. Imposes military rule
3. Suspended legislature and all town meetings
4. General Thomas Gage Governor

• “to coerce” means to force someone to do something
• The British pass the coercive and reaction of the Boston tea party

Question 8

First Continental Congress

Answer 8

• as a result of coercive acts the colonist put aside their individual differences
• 12 to 13 colony representatives net informed a First Continental Congress

Question 9

Lexington and Concord

Answer 9

• Parliament rejected all petitions for a change that come from the first Continental Congress
• planned to raid stores
• British suffered 273 casualties colonists suffer less than two

Question 10

Second Continental Congress

Answer 10

• the Congress began to act as a national government establishing the Continental Army, giving a commission to General Washington
• Britain prepared to fight against colonial independence

Question 11

Olive branch petition

Answer 11

• A direct appeal to King George the third
• they wrote that they were face for the king of Great Britain
• The petition did not achieve its and in was this regarded by the king

Question 12

Commonsense

Answer 12

• Thomas Paine came to America and publicist same as pamphlet which is called common sense
• common sense show that American should not be ruled over by the king of Great Britain
• his book was very popular in this pamphlet convinced that there was no choice but independence

Question 13

The great awakening

Answer 13

• A religious revival known that swept through the colonies

- strengthened other religions