Unit 1: Causes of the Revolutionary War

Question 1

According to Mr. Meddaugh, what is salutary neglect? (Tested Material)

Answer 1

When the English King IGNORED his American colonies for 150 years, letting the American colonies rule themselves

Question 2

According to Mr. Meddaugh, why is salutary neglect important when we talk about the American Revolution? (Tested Material)

Answer 2

Because when the English King finally did start controlling his American colonies, the colonists got PEEVED

Question 3

According to Mr. Meddaugh, what is mercantilism? Bonus: What is a quote that sums up this idea? (Tested Material)

Answer 3

The idea that great nations make lots of money by trading with colonies they set upBonus: “No great nation can exist without colonies”

Question 4

According to Mr. Meddaugh, why is mercantilism important when we talk about the American Revolution? (Tested Material)

Answer 4

Because Britain thought America’s MAIN purpose was to make Britain money

Question 5

According to Mr. Meddaugh, what are primary sources? (Tested Material)

Answer 5

A first hand account about a person or event

Question 6

According to Mr. Meddaugh what are secondary sources? (Tested Material) Bonus: What is an intriguing example of a secondary source that we use often in school?

Answer 6

Sources where an author presents their interpretation of the topic Bonus: Textbooks!

Question 7

According to Mr. Meddaugh, what did Britain do because of the French and Indian War? (Tested Material)

Bonus: Why did Britain need to do this?

Answer 7

Raise TAXES!!

Bonus: Because Wars are Hecking Expensive

Question 8

According to Mr. Meddaugh, what was the Sugar Act?

Bonus: How did the Act actually do this?

Answer 8

A Tax by the British to get more money from Sugar

Bonus: It actually DECREASED the Tax on Sugar and Molasses but INCREASED the amount of policing which the British thought would get them more money

Question 9

According to Mr. Meddaugh, what was the Stamp Act?

Bonus: Why did they call it the Stamp Act?

Answer 9

A tax on ALL paper

Bonus: Because when you paid the tax, you got a little stamp on your paper to show you paid it

Question 10

Who won in the French and Indian War?

Answer 10

The British and the colonies

Question 11

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 11

George III (The British King) made it illegal for colonists to move into the Ohio territory

Question 12

What were the Townshend Acts?

Answer 12

A tax on common goods, like glass and TEA (this is important later)

Question 13

How many died in the Boston Massacre?

Answer 13

5

Question 14

What was the Tea Party?

Answer 14

In December 1773, American colonists dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor

Question 15

Why did Parliament pass the Coercive Acts?

Answer 15

(1774) To punish Boston after the Tea Party

Question 16

Why did the First Continental Congress meet?

Answer 16

(Sept 1774) To try and repeal the Coercive Acts

Question 17

What were Lexington and Concord?

Answer 17

(April 1775) The First battles of the Revolutionary War

Question 18

What did the Second Continental Congress do?

Answer 18

A) Passed the Declaration of Independence

B) Created the Next Government (The Articles of Confederation)

C) Won the Revolutionary War

Bonus: Because, while they created the Articles of Confederation in 1777 (which is what they wanted to transition to), Maryland didn’t ratify the Articles until 1781

Question 19

What did Thomas Paine write?

Answer 19

Common Sense, a pamphlet in 1776

Bonus: Because until Common Sense, most Americans did NOT want independence. Common Sense changed that

Question 20

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 20

Thomas Jefferson

Question 21

Who did Thomas Jefferson quote in the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 21

John Locke