Unit 2 Pre American Revolution Test

Question 1

Stamp Act

Answer 1

the tax that raised money, for the british, on all stamped goods. colonists were taxed with no say.

Question 2

Tea Act

Answer 2

taxes went up for tea.

Question 3

Quartering Act

Answer 3

the british forced the colonists to let them stay in their houses.

Question 4

Townshend Acts

Answer 4

tax on imports, paper, lead, glass, and tea.

Question 5

Intolerable Acts

Answer 5

punishment for boston tea party. the punishment was that the british closed the port of boston.

Question 6

Boston Tea Party

Answer 6

colonists dumped tea into the boston harbor, and caused the intolerable acts.

Question 7

Boston Massacre

Answer 7

british soldiers shoot the clonists.

Question 8

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 8

they forbid the colonists from settling west of the appalachian.

Question 9

First Continental Congress

Answer 9

response to the intolerable acts.

Question 10

Sons of Liberty

Answer 10

a group of patriots that protested to british policy.

Question 11

writs of assistance

Answer 11

search warrants that let the british look for smuggled goods.

Question 12

committee of correspondence

Answer 12

letters written about protesting british actions.

Question 13

Salutary Neglect

Answer 13

the mother country ignored the colonies for a while because they were so far away, they were at war with france, and they were to much effort.

Question 14

Navigation Acts

Answer 14

laws that controlled trade and travel. ( smuggling increased)

Question 15

Mercantilism

Answer 15

trade for the good of the mother country.

Question 16

Sugar Act

Answer 16

tax on sugar and molasses.

Question 17

Treaty of Paris

Answer 17

treaty that brought on the french indian war to an end.

Question 18

Lexington and Concord

Answer 18

place of the first battles of the american revolution were.

Question 19

Paul Revere

Answer 19

a patriot, drawer of the bloody massacre, warned every one the british were coming.

Question 20

Samuel Adams

Answer 20

patriot, sons on liberty, forms comity of correspondence.

Question 21

John Hancock

Answer 21

boston patriot.

Question 22

Patrick Henry

Answer 22

virginian patriot, “give me liberty or give me death!”

Question 23

Pontiac

Answer 23

indian chief during french/indian war.

Question 24

George Washington

Answer 24

patriot, fought first battle in french/indian war, learns to become a leader.

Question 25

Crispus Attucks

Answer 25

first african american casualty, dies in the boston massacre.

Question 26

minutemen

Answer 26

people in the colonies who volunteered to fight at a minutes notice.

Question 27

boycott

Answer 27

refusing to bye certain goods.

Question 28

repeal

Answer 28

to cancel a law.

Question 29

triangular trade

Answer 29

the trade between north america, europe, and africa.

Question 30

non-importation

Answer 30

to stop importing goods that were taxed by the british.

Question 31

What caused the French and Indian War?

Answer 31

British and French were fighting over land in North American; George Washington’s men kill a British officer in the Ohio River Valley.

Question 32

What were the results of the French and Indian War?

Answer 32

The French left North America; British had a huge debt.

Question 33

Why did the British issue the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 33

To forbid settlers of settling west of the Appalachian; helped organize North America.

Question 34

Why did the colonists object to the Stamp Act?

Answer 34

The Colonists objected because they were being taxed without representation in British Government. Taxation without representation. (they didn’t have a say)

Question 35

What were the provisions of the Townshend Acts?

Answer 35

Tax on lead, paper, glass and tea.

Question 36

How did the Boston Massacre contribute to increased tensions between the colonists and Britain?

Answer 36

British soldiers had shot and killed five citizens; it was called the “Bloody Massacre” to get colonies angry.

Question 37

Describe the events that led to fighting at Lexington.

Answer 37

British were marching from Boston to Lexington in order to take ammunition that colonists were storing. Paul Revere Warned colonists that the British were coming. They hid the ammunition and fought the British soldiers.

Question 38

Give two reasons why the British insisted on taxing the colonists.

Answer 38

The British had a huge debt from the French Indian war; It cost a lot of money to control the colonies.