Chapter 5 Study Guide

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Land was cheaper than in Europe .
There were many more landowners in the Colonies than in England .
The Colonies basicly made their own laws .

Question 2

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

Answer 2

So they can pay for the F&I war

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

It was called Smuggling

Question 4

How was the Sugar Act supposed to stop smuggling?

Answer 4

Lowered the taxes,but British officers were allowed to seize goods from smugglers

Question 5

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

Answer 5

If they were caught smuggling they could get their stuff taken and they would be thrown in jail

Question 6

What was the Stamp Act?

Answer 6

Placed a tax on alost all printed goods in the colonies

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 to protect the right of the colonists

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

It stated that England had the rights to tax the colonists in all cases

Question 11

What was important about the Townshend Acts?

Answer 11

Taxed imported goods before they arrived 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

Required the colonists to house British soldiers

Question 14

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

Answer 14

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

5

Question 17

What Acts were repealed due to the Boston Massacre?

Answer 17

The Townshend Acts were repealed

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

Gave the East India Trading Company the right to ship tea to the colonies without paying taxs

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

What does salutary neglect mean?

Answer 21

Not strictly enforcing most laws

Question 22

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

Answer 22

The Coercive acts were passed

Question 23

Were the Coercive Acts successful in isolating Boston?

Answer 23

They were not succesful

Question 24

What is the name of the best militias in Massachusetts?

Answer 24

Minutemen

Question 25

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

Answer 25

The regulars are coming

Question 26

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

Answer 26

The battle at Lexington

Question 27

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

Answer 27

William Prescott said "Dont fire until you see the whites of their eyes."

Question 28

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

Answer 28

That defeating the Americans wouldn't be quick or easy

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Loyalists

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Patriots

Question 31

Who headed up the first post office in America?

Answer 31

Benjamin Franklin

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

From tyrants and persecution

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

Was to explain why the colonies chose to form a new nation

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

The 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

The Liberty Bell