Chapter 5

Question 1

What three things lead to individualism being strong in the colonies?

Answer 1

• the colonies basically made their own laws
• they acted very independantly
• the colonies had more land owners than in New England

Salutary neglect

Question 2

Why did England place a number of taxes (acts) against the colonists?

Answer 2

After the French and Indian war they had tons of war debts

Revenue Plans

Question 3

What is importing or exporting without paying proper taxes on goods? (Also GB’s top priority in the colonies at
this time)

Answer 3

Smuggling

Question 4

How was the Sugar Act supposed to stop smuggling?

Answer 4

It lowered the taxes on molasses so people would stop smuggling

Question 5

What was the problem for the colonists with the Sugar Act? (What British law was contradicted?)

Answer 5

British officers were seizing goods from smugglers without going to court.

                  (Everyone is innocent until proven guilty)

Question 6

What was the Stamp Act?

Answer 6

An act that placed taxes on almost all printed materials in the colonies.

                                        (News paper)

Question 7

Who persuaded the House of Burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act?

Answer 7

Patrick Henry

Question 8

What was the purpose of the Sons of Liberty?

Answer 8

A secret society formed to protect the rights of the colonists and fight taxation by the British.

Question 9

Who was the founder of the Sons of Liberty?

Answer 9

Samuel Adams

Question 10

What was important about the Declaratory Act?

Answer 10

England could tax the colonies in all cases

Question 11

What was important about the Townshend Acts?

Answer 11

Taxed imported goods before they even came in the colonies

Question 12

Who owned the ship Liberty?

Answer 12

John Hancock

Question 13

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

Answer 13

They had to provide barracks for the British soldiers

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The Boston Massacre

Question 15

What is information designed to influence opinion?

Answer 15

Propaganda

Question 16

How many people were killed at the Boston Massacre?

Answer 16

Five people

Question 17

What Acts were repealed due to the Boston Massacre?

Answer 17

Townshend Acts

Question 18

What occurs when only one company controls a product?

Answer 18

Monopoly

Question 19

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

Answer 19

The Boston Tea Party

Question 20

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

Answer 20

British Empire

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Intolerable Acts

Question 22

Were the Coercive Acts successful in isolating Boston?

Answer 22

They weren’t successful

Question 23

What is the name of the best militias in Massachusetts?

Answer 23

Minutemen

Question 24

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

Answer 24

“The Regulars are coming out”

Question 25

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

Answer 25

The Battle at Lexington

Question 26

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

Answer 26

William Prescott "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Defeating the Americans wouldn't be quick or easy

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Loyalists

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Patriots (rebels)

Question 30

Who headed up the first post office in America?

Answer 30

Benjamin Franklin

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Continental Army

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Tyrants and persecution

Question 33

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 33

Thomas Jefferson

Question 34

What day was the Declaration of Independence accepted/approved?

Answer 34

July 4th 1776

Question 35

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 35

To Explain the reason the Colonists chose to form a new nation

Question 36

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

Answer 36

John Hancock

Question 37

What is the introduction of the Declaration of Independence called?

Answer 37

Preamble

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Yes

Question 39

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

Answer 39

The Liberty Bell

Question 40

What does salutary neglect mean?

Answer 40

Not strictly enforcing most laws