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Road to the American Revolution
Road to the American Revolution
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1
The Tea Act of 1773 gave the East India Company unfair control of the colonial tea trade!
This part of the Triangular Trade involved slaves.
This monopoly resulted in the Boston Tea Party.
This resulted in the Boston Massacre.
This mercantilism resulted in smuggling of other tea.
2
The Proclamation Line of 1763 banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains:
to use the land for British military exercises.
to prevent more attacks like Chief Pontiac's Rebellion.
to keep the land free of pollution.
to save the land for Spanish Exploration.
3
Lexington and Concord marked the first shots of the Revolution. This bloody battle showed -
The colonists were unprepared and easy to beat.
The British were cowards when fighting.
The Patriot Minutemen were tough, brave opponents.
The British had poor weapons.
4
American Indians and French used landscape to hide and attack. This is known as -
a seige
guerrilla warfare
traditional fighting methods
total warfare
5
The direct tax on printed cards, newspapers, books, and contracts was the _________
Townshend Acts
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Massachusetts Government Act
6
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 did all of the following EXCEPT
Gave all land west of the Mississippi River to Spain.
Removed all British Troops from North America.
Gave all French land in Canada and the Caribbean to Britain.
Gave all land west of the Appalachians & Florida to Britain.
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Tom Jefferson, main author of the Declaration of Independence, wrote government gets power-
from the people (consent of the governed)
from a higher authority (God)
from the monarch (King or Queen)
from the wealthy (oligarchs)
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Patriot lawyer, defended the British soldiers of the Boston Massacre & helped write the D of I.
John Hancock
John Adams
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
9
Members of the Virginia House of Burgesses who spoke and wrote about liberty and rights -
Ben Franklin and William Penn
George Washington and King George III
Patrick Henry and George Mason
Mercy Otis Warren and Phillis Wheatley
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March, 1770 violence between Bostonians and British soldiers ending in the death of 5 Patriots.
Bunker Hill
Lexington and Concord
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
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The reason for the Sugar Act of 1764 was to help pay the ________ of the French and Indian War.
dying
damage
delights
debt
12
After Lexington & Concord, the Second Continental Congress did all of the following EXCEPT
Issued the Olive Branch Petition
Chose George Washington to lead
Formed the Continental Army
Accuse King George III of treason.
13
An enslaved woman who witnessed the events in Boston and wrote poems about independence was:
Phillis Wheatley
Mary Katherine Goddard
Mercy Otis Warren
Deborah Sampson
14
An outspoken and sometimes extreme leader of the Sons of Liberty was
Paul Revere
Mercy Otis Warren
John Adams
Samuel Adams
15
The French and Indian War was between -
French vs. British and Colonists
French and Indians vs. British and later the Iroquois
Only the French and Indians
Only the French and the British
16
A common protest against the British, claiming that Parliament was ignoring colonial rights was
The British are Coming!
Fight Fire with Fire!
No Taxation without Representation!
Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes!
17
Britain and France were in competition for this fertile land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Ohio River Valley
Florida
Canada
Desert Southwest
18
Officially, the Boston Port Bill, Massachusetts Government Act & the Quartering Act were known
as The Olive Branch Petition
as The Horrible Acts
as The Coercive Acts
as The Intolerable Acts
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After repealing the Stamp Act, colonists protested the Townshend Acts, small indirect taxes on
glass, lead, paper, and tea
beer, wood, and cheese
sugar, molasses, and wine
furniture, wool, and weapons
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Economic system where the colonies exported raw materials & were required to buy British goods.
Mercantilism
Triangular Trade
Capitalism
Export/Import System
