Marks Social Studies Grade 8

Front 1

Name one group that organized to protest the Stamp Act. What method of protest did they use?

Back 1

The Sons of Liberty was a group that organized to protest the Stamp Act. The method of protests they used were:
1. boycotted all British goods.
2. participated in public protests.

Front 2

boycott

Back 2

refuse to buy

Front 3

What did the Stamp Act tax? Who was affected?

Back 3

It taxed all printed Materials.

ALL colonists were affected

Front 4

What famous phrase is associated with the American Colonists' reaction to the Stamp Act?

Back 4

"No Taxation without Representation"

Front 5

Why did the British feel that they needed to tax the colonists?

Back 5

To pay off the debt from the French and Indian War

Front 6

What was the result of the colonists protests of the Stamp Act?

Back 6

The Stamp Act was eventually repealed.

Front 7

repealed

Back 7

To end or remove a law

Front 8

What was the British perspective on the Boston Tea Party?

Back 8

The British felt it was a criminal Act.

Front 9

Describe what a Patriot's (or colonist's) perspective on the Boston Tea Party would have been.

Back 9

The Patriots felt it was a heroic protest against an unfair British government

Front 10

Identify sources of conflict between Great Britain & Colonists.

Back 10

1. Proclamation of 1763
2. The Boston Tea party
3. Colonial Boycotts
4. Stamp Act
5. "Redcoats" in the colonies

Front 11

Why were the colonists upset by the "Intolerable Acts ( or Coercive Acts)?

Back 11

1. Boston Harbor was closed down.
2. Viewed it as a violation of their rights
3. colonists were forced to have British troops in their homes.

Front 12

Explain why the British felt the Coercive Acts were necessary after the Boston Tea Party?

Back 12

Coercive Acts ( or Intolerable Acts) were passed to punish the colonists.

Front 13

The Committees of Correspondence helped strengthen resistance to British Actions and Spread information around the colonies.
T or F ?

Back 13

True
1. Spread information
2. Changed minds of neutral colonists
3. Helped educate people about what was going on.

Front 14

On December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Boston Sons of Liberty threw tea into the harbor. This was to protest the Tea Act. This event was called...

Back 14

The Boston Tea Party

Front 15

The Proclamation of 1763 limited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.

T or F?

Back 15

True The Colonists had to stay East of the Appalachian Mountains.

Front 16

What was the name of the British law that kept the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Back 16

The Proclamation of 1763

Front 17

What advantages did Great Britain gain from the Proclamation of 1763?

Back 17

1. controlled western movement, which reduced conflicts between Native Americans and colonists.

2. Britain could still control the fur trade.

Front 18

The Sugar Act was meant to stop smuggling of sugar between colonies and West Indies

T or F ?

Back 18

True

Front 19

Identify and explain 3 reasons that an American colonist in 1775 may have chose to be a Loyalist.

Back 19

1. Wealthy colonists- did not want things to change
2. Colonists who felt Britain would win---They wanted to be on the winning side.
3. Rural Colonists- not informed on all British actions.

Front 20

Why was the Continental Congress created?

Back 20

1. To represent American interests.
2. To challenge British control of the colonies
3. To discuss situation between colonies and Great Britain.

Front 21

Why wouldn't Washington take the Continental Army into battle immediately?

Back 21

They lacked discipline and organization.

Front 22

Why was Thomas Paine's pamphlet called Common Sense" important to the Patriot cause?

Back 22

The pamphlet used clear and simple language to explain the need for independence from Britain.

Front 23

John Locke,, an enlightenment philosopher, had ideas that influenced what document?

Back 23

The Declaration of Independence

Front 24

Thomas Jefferson owned slaves. How did this contradict what he wrote in the Declaration of Independence?

Back 24

He wrote "all men are created equal" but he never released his slaves.

Front 25

What enlightenment idea influenced the Continental Congress to declare independence from Britain?

Back 25

Government should be a contract between people and government leaders(rulers). Governments power comes from the people.

Front 26

Describe how the American victories at Ticonderoga and Bunker Hill changed the British view point on the war.

Back 26

Forced Britain to raise their level of respect and recognize Americans were going to be a difficult opponent.

Front 27

Describe two actions taken by the Patriots to protest the authority of the British government.

Back 27

1. Colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor (Boston Tea Party)
2. Colonists formed the Sons of Liberty.
3. Colonists formed the Continental Congress.
4. Colonists refused to pay taxes.

Front 28

What is a primary source?

Back 28

A source written by individuals who were actually there during that time.

Front 29

What is a secondary source?

Back 29

A source written later by people who were not actually there.

Front 30

What are two main principles in the Declaration of Independence regarding self government and natural rights?

Back 30

1. All men are created equal
2. All men have natural rights that can't be taken away.
3. Governments get their power from the people.

Front 31

What group of American patriots sent letters throughout the colonies to inform people of British actions?

Back 31

The Committees of Correspondence

Front 32

contradict

Back 32

to do the exact opposite from what you have said to be true.

Front 33

opponent

Back 33

a rival or person you are going up against