The American Yawp Ch.5

Question 1

American Revolutionary leader and patriot, Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence

Answer 1

Samuel Adams

Question 2

17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.

Answer 2

John Locke

Question 3

King of England during the American Revolution

Answer 3

George III

Question 4

English clergyman who was known for his ability to convince many people through his sermons. He involved himself in the Great Awakening in 1739 preaching his belief in gaining salvation.

Answer 4

George Whitefield

Question 5

a person who supported the British cause in the American Revolution; a loyalist

Answer 5

Tories

Question 6

law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

Answer 6

Proclamation of 1763

Question 7

law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies

Answer 7

Sugar Act

Question 8

1764 Stopped colonial printing of paper money & forced colonists to pay in gold and silver

Answer 8

Currency Act

Question 9

1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

Answer 9

Stamp Act

Question 10

“no taxation without representation,” introduced by Patrick Henry

Answer 10

Virginia Resolves

Question 11

held in New York, agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed(1765)

Answer 11

Stamp Act Congress

Question 12

A movement under which the colonies agreed to stop importing goods from Britain in order to protest the Stamp Act.

Answer 12

Non-importation

Question 13

A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution

Answer 13

Sons of Liberty

Question 14

Act passed in 1766 after the repeal of the stamp act; stated that Parliament had authority over the the colonies and the right to tax and pass legislation “in all cases whatsoever.”

Answer 14

Declaratory Act

Question 15

A tax that the British Parliament passed in 1767 that was placed on leads, glass, paint and tea

Answer 15

Townshend Acts

Question 16

Conservative leader who wrote “Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania”; advocated for colonial rights but urged conciliation with England & opposed the Declaration of Independence; helped to write the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 16

John Dickison

Question 17

incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists

Answer 17

Boston Massacre

Question 18

Boston silversmith who rode into the countryside to spread news of British troop movement.

Answer 18

Paul Revere

Question 19

1773 act which eliminated import tariffs on tea entering England and allowed the British East India Company to sell directly to consumers rather than through merchants. Led to the Boston Tea Party.

Answer 19

Tea Act

Question 20

This series of laws were very harsh laws that intended to make Massachusetts pay for its resistance. It also closed down the Boston Harbor until the Massachusetts colonists paid for the ruined tea. Also forced Bostonians to shelter soldiers in their own homes.

Answer 20

Coercive Acts

Question 21

a document written by the Stamp Act Congress and passed on October 14, 1765. It declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional.

Answer 21

Declaration of Rights and Grievances

Question 22

April 8, 1775: Gage leads 700 soldiers to confiscate colonial weapons and arrest Adam, and Hancock; April 19, 1775: 70 armed militia face British at Lexington (shot heard around the world); British retreat to Boston, suffer nearly 300 casualties along the way (concord)

Answer 22

Lexington

Question 23

American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist’s fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809)

Answer 23

Thomas Paine

Question 24

the decree signed by Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, which proclaimed that any slaves or indentured servants who fought on the side of the British would be rewarded with their freedom

Answer 24

Dunmore’s Proclamation

Question 25

Member of the Second Continental Congress who urged Congress to support independence; signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 25

Richard Henry Lee

Question 26

Commanding general of the British forces that were defeated at Yorktown in 1781, ending the American Revolution.

Answer 26

Charles Cornwallis

Question 27

Pennsylvania site of Washington’s Continental Army encampment during the winter of 1777-1778

Answer 27

Valley Forge

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Loyalists

Question 29

September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts

Answer 29

First Continental Congress

Question 30

The hill that most of the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on

Answer 30

Breed’s Hill

Question 31

1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)

Answer 31

George Washington

Question 32

American slang for the German troops under British command

Answer 32

Hessians

Question 33

American victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution.

Answer 33

Battle of Saratoga

Question 34

1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)

Answer 34

Articles of Confederation

Question 35

agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States of America was a free and independent country

Answer 35

Treaty of Paris