The War For Independence

Question 0

What were tariffs?

Answer 0

Taxes on Imports / things coming into the colonies

Question 1

What were the reasons for the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 1

1. Tariffs
2. Lack of Representation
3. Quartering of British Soldiers
4. Boston Massacre
5. Intolerable Acts

Question 2

What did the Stamp Act tax?

Answer 2

Printed material

Question 3

What did the Townshend Acts tax?

Answer 3

Variety of different goods

Tea was major 1

Eventually repealed Townshend Act except tea

Question 4

After the British refused to repeal the tariff on tea what did the Colonists do?

Answer 4

They continued to rebel

Question 5

What happened in the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 5

The colonists threw tea into the bay as a protest of the tariff

Question 6

Explain Lack of Representation of the Colonists

Answer 6

“No taxation without representation”

They felt they should not be taxed without representation in the British Parliament

Question 7

Why did the British feel “quartering” was becoming more than just controlling the new territory?

Answer 7

They knew the colonists were starting to want to break away from Britian

Question 8

Explain what happened in Boston with the added British soldiers

Answer 8

1. The colonists were taunting the soldiers
2. The soldiers fired on the citizens
3. They killed 3 ppl that day 8 others wounded later 2 ppl would die
   (totaling 5 dead)
4. Known as Boston Massacre

Question 9

Who made the famous engraving of the Boston Massacre?

Answer 9

Paul Revere

Question 10

After the Boston Massacre, how did the Colonists feel?

Answer 10

Very angry towards the British

Question 11

As a turn for the colonists rebellion in the Boston massacre and beyond, what did the British set up?

Answer 11

The Intolerable Acts

1. Punished the colonists
2. Closed the port of Boston
3. Increased Royal Power to the British Royal governor of Massachusetts
4. Expanded requirements of colonists to house soldiers

(who were there to keep colonists under control and keep them from rebelling)

Question 12

What happened on July 4, 1776

Answer 12

The colonists declared Independence

Question 13

Who was the Revolutionary War fought between?

Answer 13

The British and the colonists/patriots

Question 14

Where did George Washington and his crew cross the Delaware to?

Answer 14

The Battle at Trenton, which was a big emotional victory for the colonists

Question 15

What happened as a result of the Colonists winning the Battle of Saratoga?

Answer 15

The French were convinced that the Colonists could win the war

The French wanted to back the Patriots to weaken the British

Question 16

What kind of support did the French give after the Battle of Saratoga?

Answer 16

1. Economic Support
2. Weapons
3. Military Support

• Many scholars argue the Colonists would not have been able to win without the French support

Question 17

What was the importance of the Battle of Yorktown?

Answer 17

After this British surrendered

This was the battle that put the Colonists over the top