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American Revolution Questions and Answers 100% Verified What was the Proclamation of 1763? ✔✔A law that restricted settlers from moving west. What is Parliament? ✔✔The British government W... hy did Parliament raise taxes after 1763? ✔✔1. To pay for the French and Indian War 2. To help maintain the English troops in the colonies What were the reasons the colonists were dissatisfied with England ✔✔1. Colonies opposed British taxes 2. Proclamation of 1763 3. Colonies had no representation in Parliament 4. Some colonists resented the power of the colonial governors 5. Great Britain wanted strict control over colonial legislatures What two types of control did Great Britain try to exercise over the colonies? ✔✔1. Economic 2. Political How did Great Britain try to control the colonies economically? ✔✔1. England controled the colonies' trade 2. England imposed taxes on the colonies 3. England traded raw materials for manufactured goods (finished products) from England How did Great Britain try to control the colonies politically? ✔✔1. Colonists had to obey British laws that were enforced by royal governors 2. Colonial governors were appointed by the King Colonial legislatures made laws and were monitored by the colonial governors The colonies sent raw materials to Great Britain in exchange for: ✔✔Manufactured Goods Whose laws did the colonists have to follow? Who enforced them? ✔✔Colonists had to obey British laws that were enforced by royal governors. List in order of power, from greatest to least, the people in our colonial power pyramid. ✔✔King parliament colonial governors legislators colonists French and Indian War ✔✔-French claimed land along the interior of US; Britain claims the coast -British colonists began moving into land claimed by French -War breaks out between Great Britain and France -Native Americans fought mostly on the side of the French -Very expensive war Stamp Act ✔✔-King places taxes on newspapers, playing cards, wills, etc to pay for the debt created by the French and Indian War -Colonists are mad because they have to pay a tax that they had no say in creating Quartering Act ✔✔-Required colonists to house soldiers and provide them food and supplies for them -Was created due to an increase in the number of soldiers required to keep order after the French and Indian War Townshend Acts ✔✔-Made to pay for cost of soldiers -Taxed imports to colonies from Great Britain including paper, tea, glass and paint Boston Massacre ✔✔March 1770 -fight between colonists and British in Boston provoked by colonists -called a massacre by Patriots to get people to support the Independence movement Tea Act and Tea Party ✔✔Boston Tea Party December 1773 colonists dump 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor Tea Act forces colonists to only buy British tea Intolerable Acts ✔✔-Acts passed by king in response to the Boston Tea Party -designed to punish Boston and force colonists to listen to the King -closed the Boston Harbor, did not allow them to hold assemblies, sent extra troops to the colonies First Continental Congress ✔✔October 1774 -meetings of members from each colony to discuss the "next move" -wrote letter to King voicing complaints -agreed to boycott English goods -would meet again Who did not attend the First Continental Congress? ✔✔Georgia Lexington and Concord ✔✔April 1775 -Sites of the First armed conflicts of the Revolutionary War. -Pushed many colonists to favor independence Signing of the Declaration of Independence ✔✔July 4, 1776 Colonists finalize and sign the formal letter declaring their desire to separate from Great Britain and why. Battle of Saratoga ✔✔September 1777 -Stunning victory for Americans -Considered the turning point of the war (even though it was far from over) -Showed the world that Americans could stand up to the British and win. Battle of Yorktown ✔✔October 1781 Colonial victory over Lord Cornwallis that marked the end of the Revolutionary War Treaty of Paris ✔✔1783 British recognized and accepted American independence in this treaty for peace, which was signed in Paris. Name the three important parts of the Treaty of Paris. ✔✔1.The US had to be recognized as an independent nation 2.Britain gave up its claims to all lands between the Atlantic Coast and the Mississippi River, from Canada South to Florida. 3.The United States agreed to return all rights and property taken from Loyalists during the war. What sentence helps remember the events leading up to the end of the American Revolution? ✔✔Mom told Frank lying doesn't solve your problems. According to Thomas Jefferson, when could people change their government? ✔✔when their rights are violated Why did the Declaration of Independence say that colonists should fight for independence? (What were their main complaints about Britain?) ✔✔people have certain unalienable rights, like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the purpose of government? ✔✔to protect the people's rights What was the main reason the Declaration of Independence was written? ✔✔to explain to the world why they were separating from Great Britain Who influenced the ideas of Thomas Jefferson that were expressed in the Declaration of Independence? ✔✔European philosophers like John Locke What does Thomas Jefferson say are our "unalienable rights"? ✔✔life liberty and pursuit of happiness What does Thomas Jefferson say is the purpose of government? Where does it get its power? ✔✔government should protect the people's rights government gets its power from the people What happened at the First Continental Congress? Who did not attend the meeting? ✔✔wrote a letter to the King voicing complaints Georgia did not attend What major battle of the revolution was fought in 1781 in Virginia--after the battle of Saratoga and just before the end of the war? ✔✔battle of Yorktown What was the document signed in France in 1783 to mark the end of the American Revolution? ✔✔treaty of Paris What is a Loyalist? ✔✔people loyal to England What is a Patriot? ✔✔people loyal to the colonies/America Why were the battles of Lexington and Concord important? ✔✔first armed conflicts of the Revolutionary War caused many colonists to favor independence What battle was considered the turning point of the war? ✔✔battle of saratoga Why was America able to win the war despite its many disadvantages at the start of the war? ✔✔Americans were willing to die for our rights What was America's greatest strength when the war began? ✔✔spies From what foreign country did Americans get support during the war? ✔✔France Why did the British send troops to Lexington and Concord in the first place? ✔✔to take the colonists weapons What idea did Thomas Paine present in Common Sense? ✔✔when government fear people you have liberty .when the people fear the government you have tyranny . Why was printing a booklet a wise way to motivate people as opposed to just speaking? ✔✔ Where did the 2nd Continental Congress meet in June of 1776? ✔✔Philadelphia Which Virginians were asked to play important roles during the meeting and what were those roles? ✔✔George Washington - lead an army Thomas Jefferson - write the Declaration of Independence Who helped Jefferson frame the Declaration of Independence? ✔✔Ben Franklin and John Adams Why do we celebrate the 4th of July each year? ✔✔It was the day we earned our independence George Washington ✔✔-Chosen by the Continental Congress to be Commander of the Continental Army -Won a major victories including the Siege of Boston and the Battle of Yorktown -Later became the first President of the U.S. John Adams ✔✔-Championed the cause of independence from Great Britain -Represented Massachusetts at the Continental Congress -Cousin to Sam Adams, a major leader of the Sons of Liberty Thomas Jefferson ✔✔-Major Author of the Declaration of Independence -Assisted by John Adams and Ben Franklin -Represented Virginia at the Second Continental Congress in 1775 Lord Charles Cornwallis ✔✔-High ranking British General in the colonies -Surrendered to American and French forces at the Battle of Yorktown King George III of England ✔✔-King of England during the Revolutionary War -His youth and immaturity caused him to make bad decisions about ruling the colonies Paul Revere ✔✔-A silversmith in Massachusetts to joined the Sons of Liberty and worked with Sam Adams -Made a daring ride to warn colonists of the British army's arrival at Lexington and Concord Benjamin Franklin ✔✔-Prominent member of the Continental Congress -helped frame the Declaration of Independence -helped gain French support for American independence during the Revolutionary War Patrick Henry ✔✔-Outspoken member of the Virginia House of Burgesses -He inspired colonial patriotism with his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, promoting independence Phillis wheatley ✔✔-A former enslaved African American who developed an interest in and skill for writing poetry -Promoted independence from England through her literary works [Show More]

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