Revolution

Question 1

Stamp Act

Answer 1

Tax on all printed materials legal, newspapers, playings card

Question 2

Quarting Act

Answer 2

Colonist must provide housing for British soldiers

Question 3

Declaratory Act

Answer 3

Full powers of parliament binding laws to colonies

Question 4

Revenue Act

Answer 4

Tax on imports glass, paint, paper, and tea

Question 5

Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts

Answer 5

4 acts to discipline Boston; Port Closed, Gov. could send offense off to England for trial, new quartering act, officials appointed not elected

Question 6

Quebec Act of 1774

Answer 6

Appointed legislative assembly by the king, church granted special position

Question 7

Tea Act

Answer 7

Tons of tea in England sell cheap and not collect full tax

Question 8

Conciliatory Acts

Answer 8

Only tax to regulate trade, give colonies taxes collected from boundary, colonies must make a voluntary contribution to British for defense

Question 9

Continental Association

Answer 9

Commites in every city and county to force boycott, stop importing and exporting to Britain

Question 10

Sugar Act

Answer 10

Cut molasses tax in half and new tax on textiles, wine, coffee, sugar

Question 11

Molasses Act

Answer 11

Tax on molasses to stop trade with french sugar islands

Question 12

Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer

Answer 12

Parliament might be able to relegate commerce and collect taxes to that purpose, but no right to levy taxes for revenue by John Dickinson

Question 13

Boston Massacre

Answer 13

With troops in Boston trying to control the people a few outside a court house are harassed by a mob and a soldier falls and shots fired resulting 5 dead

Question 14

Objective of Tea Act

Answer 14

17 million pounds of tea in England, sell it cheap to colonies not collecting full tax; England trying to buy colonist happiness

Question 15

Bunker Hill

Answer 15

10 cannons from fort Ticondergo are used to fight British at bunker hill, colonies low on ammo 3 waves of attacks till they run out of ammo colony prove they can beat the Brits

Question 16

Attack of Quebec

Answer 16

Colonies want to attack Quebec forces through both Maine and NY; hit with small pox and short serve term (Jan), attacks in the winter hit with blizzard general killed 400 men prisoner spring British push back

Question 17

Common Sense

Answer 17

Thomas Paine king +advisors responsible and colonist should declare independence

Question 18

Samuel Adams

Answer 18

Political thinker, leader of Sons of Liberty, dangerous man of Mass.

Question 19

Ethan Allen

Answer 19

Led the “Green Mountain Boys” from Vermont

Question 20

Crispus Attucks

Answer 20

A sailor whom died at the Boston Massacre

Question 21

John Dickinson

Answer 21

Phila. Lawyer writes “letters from a Pennsylvania farmer” and “Olive branch Petition” asking king for reconciliation, and wrote” Declaration Of Necessity and cause to take up arms” our cause is just, our union is perfect

Question 22

Paul Revere

Answer 22

One rider sent out to warn of the British march to Concord to move supplies

Question 23

Stamp Act Congress

Answer 23

Issue declaration of rights and grievances of Colonies sent to king; skull instead of stamp on newspaper, stamp act repealed

Question 24

Sons of Liberty

Answer 24

Organized group against stamp act and other British laws and taxes

Question 25

Lexington & Concord

Answer 25

Military supplies at Concord; Brits find out ; March out to destroy; Riders go out to warn minute men and move supplies; minute men meet Brits at Lex and face off defeated; Supplies are gone at Concord and Brits march back only to be attacked twice losing 250 to 300 men

Question 26

How did the Colonies use protest to show their unhappiness to the British?

Answer 26

Boston Tea Party
Exporting to England 
Importing from England 
Smuggling Goods
Lock tea in warehouses

Question 27

Currency Act

Answer 27

Colonies cant print paper money

Question 28

Continental Congress

Answer 28

Void acts of Parliament, urge mass to arm them self, economic sanctions against British,

Question 29

Declaration of Rights

Answer 29

Denied parliament authorities over internal affairs and colonies decide if troops needed