Social studies final

Question 1

Define stamp act

Answer 1

required colonists to pay direct tax on variety of printed items

Question 2

Define Samual Adams

Answer 2

founded the sons of liberty

Question 3

Define Townshend Act

Answer 3

package of revenue laws imposing taxes on imports of glass,lead,paint,paper,and tea

Question 4

Define Loyalists

Answer 4

those who opposed independence and stay loyal to the crown

Question 5

define patriots

Answer 5

colonists who support independence

Question 6

define common sense

Answer 6

pamphlet urging that the time had come for independence

Question 7

define Olive Branch petition

Answer 7

urged king George the third to consider returning to the former harmony between Britain and the colonies

Question 8

define committee of correspondence

Answer 8

network formed by colonies to communicate threats to American law

Question 9

define martial law

Answer 9

military law

Question 10

define Thomas Paine

Answer 10

wrote common sense

Question 11

define intolerance act

Answer 11

series of measures that shut down Boston Harbor and authorized British commanders to house soldiers in private homes

Question 12

British monarch at the time of colonial rebellion

Answer 12

it is King George

Question 13

First instance of fighting between colonists and soldiers

Answer 13

the Boston massacre

Question 14

First battle of the American revolution occured where

Answer 14

Lexington and concord

Question 15

how do the colonists react to the intolerable acts

Answer 15

First colonists drew up a declaration of colonial rights

Question 16

what 3 things did the second continental Congress do

Answer 16

1.create a continental army and George Washington as commander. 2.authorize printed money. 3. established a commit to deal with foreign nations

Question 17

who did Thomas Jefferson draw inspiration from for the Declaration of independence

Answer 17

john locke

Question 18

what was formed as a response to the stamp act

Answer 18

sons of liberty

Question 19

what was the Boston massacre in response to

Answer 19

stationing of British soldiers in Boston

Question 20

patriots made up how much of the population

Answer 20

half

Question 21

what document did life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness come from

Answer 21

declaration of independence