Ch 4 History

Question 0

why did they promise land to the natives

Answer 0

they feared war with the natives

Question 1

who was the land gained in the French and Indian War promised to

Answer 1

natives

Question 2

what French tradition did the British put an end to

Answer 2

gift giving with natives

Question 3

what other name did Neolin go by

Answer 3

the Delaware Prophet

Question 4

what did Pontiac want to do

Answer 4

“exterminate from our lands this nation which only to destroy us”

Question 5

how many settlers did Pontiac kill

Answer 5

2,000

Question 6

what forts ended Pontiac’s rebellion

Answer 6

Fort Detroit and Fort Pitt

Question 7

what did the Proclamation of 1763 do

Answer 7

• barred any settlement west of the Appalachians

- any further traders had to acquire royal permission to trap on these lands

Question 8

what made the Sugar Act of 1774 different

Answer 8

royal inspectors began to search homes, ships, and warehouses for smuggled goods

Question 9

what did the Stamp Act tax

Answer 9

all printed matter

Question 10

what group condemned this act

Answer 10

Virginia House of Burgesses

Question 11

who were the sons of liberty

Answer 11

committees of artisans, lawyers, merchants, and politicians who formed to protest the Stamp Act

Question 12

what other group worked against the Stamp Act

Answer 12

British merchants

Question 13

why did Charles Townshend think the colonist disagreed with taxes

Answer 13

believed colonists opposed taxes because the British were not taxed

Question 14

what is a writ of assistance

Answer 14

a search warrant-any home, ship, or warehouse could be searched if there was any suspicion

Question 15

how many died at the Boston Massacre

Answer 15

3 died instantly, 2 died later

Question 16

who was crispus attucks

Answer 16

a freed slave who was killed in the Boston Massacre; became a hero after he wrote poems of his fight for liberty

Question 17

how did the British try and calm the colonists down

Answer 17

partially repeated Townsend acts

Question 18

why did the british leave a tax on tea in place

Answer 18

to show that the government still could

Question 19

what did the committees of correspondence do

Answer 19

kept track of rights violated by the British

Question 20

why was the tea act of 1773 created

Answer 20

to save the british east india company

Question 21

why did the sons of liberty take action in the boston tea party

Answer 21

to support the colonists/pledge boycott

Question 22

what were the four laws in the coercive acts

Answer 22

closed port of boston
repealed mass charter of 1691
allowed royal officials to be tried not in mass
allowed locals to provide food/shelter to british soldiers

Question 23

what did the colonists call the coercive acts

Answer 23

intolerable acts

Question 24

what did the quebec act do

Answer 24

extended quebec's border to ohio river negated colonial claims to the land religious freedom for catholics

Question 25

what happened at lexington and concord

Answer 25

general gage tried to seize rebel military supplies, but patriot watchmen saw them

Question 26

who was chosen as the general of the continental army

Answer 26

george washington

Question 27

why did the battle of boston scare the colonists

Answer 27

they had little ammunition

Question 28

what was the olive branch petition

Answer 28

colonists asked the king to end conflict and said that they were loyal to the crown

Question 29

for what two reasons did the colonists want their independence

Answer 29

british government violated rights | some colonists had already died at the hands of the monarch

Question 30

where was thomas paine from

Answer 30

britain

Question 31

what pamphlet did thomas paine write

Answer 31

common sense

Question 32

what did common sense call for

Answer 32

the end of british rule

Question 33

how did paine feel about government

Answer 33

focused on independence and called for an end to british rule

Question 34

who introduced the independence resolution

Answer 34

richard henry lee

Question 35

what five men were selected to write the Declaration of Independence

Answer 35

john adams, roger sherman, robert livingston, ben franklin, thomas jefferson

Question 36

who was the chair of this committee

Answer 36

thomas jefferson

Question 37

on what day did congress declare independence

Answer 37

july 2

Question 38

on what day was the Declaration of Independence ratified

Answer 38

july 4

Question 39

why was the Declaration of Independence written

Answer 39

to win support for independence; it detailed the misdeeds of the british government

Question 40

why was signing the Declaration of Independence dangerous

Answer 40

signing the Declaration of Independence made the colonists traitors

Question 41

why did the loyalists stay loyal to the crown

Answer 41

to go against the king was to resist God Himself

Question 42

washington never had more than how many men

Answer 42

26,000

Question 43

how long did most men sign up to fight

Answer 43

one year

Question 44

what advantages did americans have

Answer 44

- fought on their homeland | - fought to protect their homes

Question 45

where did the british go after boston

Answer 45

New York

Question 46

when did washington cross the delaware

Answer 46

christmas

Question 47

how many hessians were killed and captured

Answer 47

120 killed, 918 captured

Question 48

how did washington make cornwallis think his men were still in camp after this attack

Answer 48

washington and his men slipped away during the night leaving their fires to keep the british back

Question 49

who created the british master plan

Answer 49

general burgoyne ("gentlemen johnny")

Question 50

where did general burgoyne surrender

Answer 50

the battle of saratoga

Question 51

what happens after saratoga

Answer 51

- supplies were brought to america - more staff volunteered for washington - france signed a formal alliance with america - france declared war on britain - spain and netherlands also sided with france and america

Question 52

who lead fighting in the west

Answer 52

george rogers clark

Question 53

who inspired benjamin martin

Answer 53

francis marion

Question 54

who forced cornwallis out of the south

Answer 54

nathaniel greene

Question 55

who send word he would keep cornwallis from leaving by sea

Answer 55

admiral francois de grasse

Question 56

what treaty ended the revolutionary war

Answer 56

treaty of paris

Question 57

what did the americans get in this treaty

Answer 57

independence, land from the atlantic to mississippi and from Great Lakes to florida *had to pay debts for britain

Question 58

why did they only deal with britain

Answer 58

to ensure land wasn't given back to spain or france

Question 59

what did neolin want natives to do

Answer 59

return to their ancient practices