Chapter 4 Flashcards
How did the French and Indian War contribute to the starting the American Revolution?
The war caused Great Britain to accumulate a large amount of debt which they tried to repay by taxing the colonists.
The Stamp Act required colonists to ____________
place stamps on most printed materials
John Locke’s concepts of natural rights was incorporated into which of the following documents?
The Declaration of Independence
What was the first direct tax (on printed materials) the British placed on the colonists?
Stamp Act
On March 5, 1770, a crowd of colonists began taunting and throwing snowballs at a British Soldier guarding the customs house, which resulted in the
The Boston Massacre
With what laws did the British intend to punish Massachusetts for the “tea party” and end colonial challenges to British authority?
The Coercive Acts
What document declared loyalty to the king, but called for an end of the hostilities?
The Olive Branch Petition
Which two acts became known in the colonies as the Intolerable Acts?
The Quebec Act and the Coercive Acts
When the British troops set out for Concord on a road that took them past the town of Lexington, two men helped to spread the alarm, William Dawes and
Paul Revere
Wearing homespun clothes (made by the Daughters of Liberty) __________________
showed patriotism
Two philosophers who influenced the Declaration of Independence were ________________
Thomas Paine and John Locke
The Americans who backed the British were known as __________________________
Loyalists or Tories
The “shot heard around the world” was fired at _____________
Lexington and Concord
Who was chosen as the Commander of the Continental Army?
George Washington
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the author of Common Sense and The American Crisis?
Thomas Paine
Two battles that occurred the same day on April 19, 1775 marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War was _________________
Lexington and Concord
What was the battle that demonstrated to the untrained colonial militia that they could stand up against the great British Army even though they ran low on ammunition?
Bunker Hill
What was the event in which large amounts of tea were thrown into the harbor by colonists, many of which were members of the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Native Americans?
The Boston Tea Party
Thomas Jefferson considered ___________ to be critical to the new countries success, calling it the “keystone of our arch of government
an educated public
Writs of Assistance was a _______________
search warrant
The ____________________________ changed the tax rates levied on raw sugar and molasses imported from the colonies while also placing new taxes on silk, wine, coffee, pimento, and indigo.
Sugar Act
The committee of correspondence was designed to ___________________
create communication and unity within the colonies in order to resist the British
On September 5, 1774, in Philadelphia, a colonial congress was coordinated by the committees of correspondence called the _________________________.
The First Continental Congress
