Road To The American Revolution

Front 1

Who was the first lord of the Treasury?

Back 1

George Grenville

Front 2

Who was the lord of the Treasury that was responsible for having Parliament pass a series of acts including the Revenue Act?

Back 2

Charles Townshend

Front 3

Who was the lord of the Treasury that had Parliament pass the Tea Act?

Back 3

Lord North

Front 4

Who created the committee of correspondence in the colonies?

Back 4

Thomas Jefferson

Front 5

What was the purpose of the committee of correspondence?

Back 5

to inform all the colonies of what Britain was doing (in Boston, Massachusetts)

Front 6

What was the purpose of the Tea Act?

Back 6

force the colonists to purchase their tea from the British East India Company

Front 7

What happened to the Gaspee?

Back 7

the colonists seized the goods and burned the ship

Front 8

What is the job of the lord of the Treasury?

Back 8

generate money for the British government

Front 9

What is a custom duty?

Back 9

tax

Front 10

What did the Sugar Act tax?

Back 10

Sugar Act increased the tax on sugar/molasses and placed a new tax on silk, wine, coffee, pimento and indigo

Front 11

Define inflation

Back 11

price of goods increase but the money has lost value (people pay more and get less)

Front 12

What was the Currency Act?

Back 12

Currency Act banned the use of paper money in the colonies

Front 13

What was the first direct tax placed on colonists?

Back 13

Stamp Act

Front 14

What did the Stamp Act tax?

Back 14

paper items such as newspapers, playing cards and wills

Front 15

What was the Quartering Act?

Back 15

Colonists had to keep British soldiers in their home (giving them food and a place to sleep)

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What was the Declaratory Act?

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Parliament "declared" that they were the only body that could make laws for the colonies (in other words...Parliament held all power over the colonies)

Front 17

What was the Revenue Act?

Back 17

placed a tax on glass, lead, paper, paint and TEA

It also allowed soldiers to search colonial homes without a warrant

Front 18

Who wrote Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer?

Back 18

John Dickinson

Front 19

What was Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer about?

Back 19

Dickinson asked colonists to resist the Townshend Acts

Front 20

Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts?

Back 20

Samuel Adams

Front 21

What was the purpose of the Sons of Liberty?

Back 21

organize colonial boycotts and protests

Front 22

What is a boycott?

Back 22

colonists refuse to trade with England (in hopes of hurting their economy)

Front 23

What happened on March 5, 1770?

Back 23

Boston Massacre

Front 24

Who was the first African-American killed?

Back 24

Crispus Attucks

Front 25

How many people died on March 5, 1770?

Back 25

3

Front 26

How many people were killed in the Boston Massacre?

Back 26

5

Front 27

Who wrote the Virginia Resolves?

Back 27

House of Burgesses in Virginia

Front 28

What was the purpose of the Virginia Resolves?

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Virginians, and ONLY Virginians have the right to pass laws for the people in the Virginia colony (NOT Parliament)

Front 29

Why did Parliament pass the Tea Act?

Back 29

the British East India Company was going bankrupt and they needed to sell more tea

Front 30

How did the colonists react to the Tea Act?

Back 30

dressed up like Native Americans and threw tea into Boston Harbor

Front 31

What was another name for the Coercive Acts?

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Intolerable Acts

Front 32

What were the four parts of the Coercive Acts?

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1. close Boston Harbor
2. pay for the destroyed tea
3. send more troops to Boston
4. colonists would be tried in Britain

Front 33

What did the colonists do in reaction to the Intolerable Acts?

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colonists met in Philadelphia at the First Continental Congress

Front 34

What action did the First Continental Congress take?

Back 34

wrote the Declaration of Rights and Grievances

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What did the Declaration of Rights and Grievances say?

Back 35

it outlined all the reasons the colonists did not like the actions of Parliament

Front 36

Define minutemen

Back 36

colonists that were ready to fight in a moments notice

Front 37

Define Loyalists

Back 37

colonists that wanted to remain faithful (loyal) to the King of England

Front 38

Define Patriots

Back 38

colonists that wanted independence from Britain

Front 39

Who were Revere, Dawes and Prescott?

Back 39

men who warned that the "Redcoats were Coming" into Lexington and Concord

Front 40

Where did the American Revolution begin?

Back 40

Lexington and Concord

Front 41

Why were the people trying to get to Concord?

Back 41

that is where the weapons were stored

Front 42

Why were the weapons stored in Concord?

Back 42

Colonists could not keep guns in their homes

Front 43

What was the Olive Branch Petition?

Back 43

last chance for peace ....it failed and the colonies and Britain went to war

Front 44

Who wrote Common Sense?

Back 44

Thomas Paine

Front 45

What was the theme of Common Sense?

Back 45

Explained reasons the colonists should support the war for independence