Unit 1: Causes of the Revolutionary War-Lesson 1

Question 1

What is Religious Intolerance

Answer 1

When a person refuses to accept the religious beliefs of others

Question 2

What is economic distress?

Answer 2

Money trouble

Question 3

What is social injustice

Answer 3

Unequal way of treating people

Question 4

Rules

Answer 4

The rulers were making unpopular choices

Question 5

What is enlightenment?

Answer 5

New ideas about the government and how it should be run

Question 6

Nationalism:

Answer 6

The belief that your country is the best

Question 7

What were the 6 commons causes of the Revolutionary War

Answer 7

Religious Intolerance
Economic Distress
Social Injustice
Enlightenment if Ideas
Unpopular Rules
Nationalism

Question 8

What were the two main ideas that led to the revolution?

Answer 8

Salutary Neglect
Mercantalism

Question 9

What is Salutarty Neglect?

Answer 9

A social injustice in which people are not treated fairly

Question 10

What is Mercantalism?

Answer 10

Unpopular method of ruling

Question 10

What was the impact of the French and Indian War?

Answer 10

The French empire collided with the British Empire.
British debt led to economic distress

Question 11

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 11

Britain claimed land East of the Mississippi River

Question 12

What was the impact of the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 12

It caused outrage and united the colonies (nationalism)

Question 13

What was the Stamp ACT of 1765?

Answer 13

the Stamp Act required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials like newspapers, legal documents, and licenses by purchasing special stamped paper. This was the first direct tax imposed on the American colonies by Brita

Question 14

What did the Stamp Act of 1765 lead to?

Answer 14

Boycott to buy goods

Question 15

What group was formed to oppose the Stamp Act of 1765?

Answer 15

The Sons of Liberty

Question 16

How many delegates composed the Stamp Act Congress who wrote petitions to King George?

Answer 16

Delegates from 9 colonies

Question 17

Were the boycotts successful or unsuccessful in getting the Stamp Act Repealed?

Answer 17

Successful

Question 18

What was the Declaratory Act of 1767?

Answer 18

The British said they could make any law they needed and the colonist must follow it

Question 19

The Declaratory Act of 1767 accompanied what Act?

Answer 19

The Stamp Act

Question 20

Great Britain was trying to assert complete control over the colonies?

Answer 20

True

Question 21

What caused the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 21

The Sons of Liberty refused to pay taxes or allow ships to unload.

Question 22

What did the Sons of Liberty do at the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 22

In response, a group of colonists, known as the Sons of Liberty, boarded three British ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea into the water.

Question 23

What was the impact of the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 23

the Boston Tea Party was a key turning point that united the colonies, provoked harsh British retaliation, and set the stage for the American Revolution.

Question 24

What was the Intolerable Act of 1774

Answer 24

were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party. These laws were intended to reassert British authority over the colonies, especially Massachusetts

Question 25

First Continental Congress of 1774

Answer 25

Though they didn’t declare independence yet, the First Continental Congress was an important step toward uniting the colonies and led to the American Revolution.

Question 26

How many of the colonies participated in the First Continental Congress of 1774

Answer 26

12 of 13 (Georgia did not attend)

Question 27

What was the impact of the First Continental Congress?

Answer 27

the First Continental Congress played a crucial role in uniting the colonies and laying the groundwork for the American Revolution.

Question 28

What is Lexington and Concord 1775 known for?

Answer 28

The Shot Heard Around the World

Question 29

Lexington and Concord 1775 the start of the Revolutionary War?

Answer 29

True

Question 30

What led to the shots being fired at Lexington and Concord?

Answer 30

The British government heard that the colonists were storing weapons and gunpowder in Concord, Massachusetts. They also wanted to arrest colonial leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who were hiding in Lexington. Someone then fired a shot.

Question 31

Battle of Bunker Hill 1775

Answer 31

The British aimed to control the hills around Boston to maintain a military advantage. Learning of this, the colonists quickly moved troops to defend Breed’s Hill.

Question 32

How many Minutemen and Soldiers gathered to defend the city?

Answer 32

Over 1,000

Question 33

Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill

Answer 33

Technically the British

Question 34

What happened with the Second Continental Congress?

Answer 34

One of the first things they did was create the Continental Army to defend the colonies against Britain. They appointed George Washington as the commander-in-chief. Peace efforts failed.