Chap 5

Question 1

What does salutary neglect mean

Answer 1

American history term that refers to the 17th and 18th century British crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England

Question 2

What three things led to individualism being strong in the colonies

Answer 2

Solitary neglect made their own laws increased land ownership

Question 3

Why did England place a number of taxes(acts) on the colonies?

Answer 3

Bc they were in debt

Question 4

What is importing or exporting things without paying proper taxes

Answer 4

Smuggling

Question 5

How was the sugar act supposed to stop smuggling

Answer 5

By taxing molasses

Question 6

What was the problem with the sugar act for the colonists

Answer 6

It contradicts the English law innocent until proven guilty

Question 7

What was the stamp act

Answer 7

Tax on all printed things

Question 8

Who persuaded the house of burgesses to take action against the stamp act

Answer 8

Patrick Henry

Question 9

What was the purpose of the sons of liberty

Answer 9

To protect the colonist and take action against taxation

Question 10

Who was the founder of the sons of liberty

Answer 10

Samuel Adams

Question 11

What was important about the Declaratory Act?

Answer 11

It gave the English the right to tax the colonies in all cases

Question 12

What was important about the Townshend Acts?

Answer 12

They were taxed before they got to the colonies

Question 13

Who owned the ship Liberty?

Answer 13

John Hancock

Question 14

What was required of colonial citizens when the Quartering Act was passed?

Answer 14

If the soldier ran out of barrack space they could stay in colonists houses

Question 15

What event did the Colonists use as an example of propaganda?

Answer 15

Boston massacre

Question 16

What is information designed to influence opinion?

Answer 16

Propaganda

Question 17

How many people were killed at the Boston Massacre?

Answer 17

5

Question 18

What Acts were repealed due to the Boston Massacre?

Answer 18

Intolerable acts

Question 19

What occurs when only one company controls a product?

Answer 19

Monopoly

Question 20

What event was a response to the Tea Act of 1773?

Answer 20

Boston tea party

Question 21

During the time of the Boston Tea Party most colonists considered themselves to be part of what empire?

Answer 21

British

Question 22

As a punishment for the Boston Tea Party, what did King George III impose upon Massachusetts?

Answer 22

Intolerable act

Question 23

Were the Coercive Acts successful in isolating Boston?

Answer 23

No

Question 24

What is the name of the best militias in Massachusetts?

Answer 24

Minute men

Question 25

What did Paul Revere shout to warn the colonists of an impending attack?

Answer 25

The British are coming

Question 26

Who was under command of the colonial troops at Bunker Hill and what was his famous quote?

Answer 26

General Prescott don't fire until you see the whites of there eyes

Question 27

What battle featured the “shot heard ‘round the world”?

Answer 27

Bunker hill

Question 28

What did the British find out after the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Answer 28

Defeating America wasn't going to be quick or easy

Question 29

Who were people who considered the unfair taxes upon the colonies not good reasons to rebel?

Answer 29

Elites

Question 30

Who were determined to fight the British until independence is gained?

Answer 30

Colonists

Question 31

Who headed up the first post office in America?

Answer 31

Ben frank

Question 32

What was created by the Second Continental Congress to better organize military efforts?

Answer 32

Continental army

Question 33

What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write?

Answer 33

Common sense

Question 34

What does Paine believe the colonies should be a refuge from?

Answer 34

England

Question 35

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 35

Thomas Jefferson

Question 36

What day was the Declaration of Independence accepted/approved?

Answer 36

July 4 1776

Question 37

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 37

To declare independence

Question 38

Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 38

John Hancock

Question 39

What is the introduction of the Declaration of Independence called?

Answer 39

Preamble

Question 40

Did the Declaration of Independence explain why the colonies chose to form a new nation?

Answer 40

Yes

Question 41

What was rung on July 8, 1776 at the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 41

Liberty bell