CH 5: Pre-American Revolution 1763-1776

Had orders to seize the weapons from the Massachusetts militia and arrest the leaders.

The name of the radical who protested the Stamp Act by burning effigies.

Which member of the Virginia House of Burgesses wanted the colonies to unite against Britain?

Many of Jefferson's ideas about rights and the government came from reading

After the Battle of __ the British learned the colonists would not be easy to defeat.

What action almost bankrupted the East India Company?

The Boston Massacre and the boycotts that followed resulted in Parliment repealing which acts?

the colonists who were in support of independence from Britain

The patriot group that organized protests against the British government was called

The colonists felt their rights were violated because Englishmen were given their rights in the

The meeting in Philadelphia 1774 where the delegates voted to repeal the acts of Parliment.

The law that required the colonists to house and feed the British soldiers was called the

One cause of the American Revolution was the enormous debt Great Britain incurred from the __.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Which of the following is an example of how colonists attempted to avoid paying taxes?

Which act attempted to isolate the city of Boston from the other colonies?

Over 20 people were killed in the Boston Massacre.

The opening video showed the Battle of __ which took place in April of 1775.

Why did the colonists dislike the Sugar Act of 1764?

The author of Common Sense that convinced many to support independence was

The American colonists objected to being taxed by the British Parliament because

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the Revolutionary War?

the colonists who were in support of British rule

Who made an engraving of the Boston Massacre?

Which was NOT a cause of the Revolutionary War?

The Proclamation of 1763

Women protested which act of Parliment by making their own finished goods?