Definitions
Define:
Dispute
A disagreement.
True or False. If False explain.
The Stamp Act only taxed stamps.
False. The Stamp Act taxed everything made of paper. EX. wills, stamps, books, pamphlets, ect..
Who did the Continental Congress appoint to write the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Which army had a greater advantage at the start of the war?
British Army
Name the 4 countries that attended the Treaty of Paris?
*United States
*Great Britain
*Spain
*France
Define the following:
*Loyalist
*Patriot
Loyalist -A colonist who supported Great Britain during the American Revolution.
Patriot- A colonist who supported the colonies’ fight for independence during the American Revolution.
Because the French and Indian War was so costly, the King and Parliament passed the Proclamation of 1763 in order to_______
prevent colonists from moving post the Appalachain Mountains.
Who would say the following (patriot or loyalist)?
We
Who was the General for the Continental Army?
George Washington
What was the patriots' motivation to fight in the war?
The patriots were fighting for the rights stated in the declaration of independence.
Define the following:
*milita
A group of volunteer soldiers who fight only in an emergency.
What did the Quartering Act force the colonists to do?
House soldiers.
The following is an example of a complaint of which two natural rights (life, liberty, and the right to own property).
Great Britain tried to limit colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains and did not protect them on the frontier.
*Must get both correct to receive points*
1. Life
2. Right to own property
Who sunk British Naval ships?
True or False.
The war was won on July 4th. That is why we celebrate our Independence on that date every year.
False.
The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th.
Define the following:
*repeal
To cancel something or take back, such as a law.
Why did colonists call the Coercive Acts the Intolerable Acts?
They felt that the Coercive Acts were too great a punishment on the colonists.
Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense" and why?
John Paine
Explain why hiding sharpshooters in the woods was a good war tactic to use. Who use this tactic?
Continental Army
How many months did it take for the British army to receive supplies from Britain?
6 months
Define the following:
*Boycott
To refuse to buy goods or services for a specific reason.
Name one thing that the Coercive Acts did.
1. Closed the Boston Harbor
2.Banned Town Meetings
3. Sent over more soldiers
What Act taxed tea, glass and paint?
Townshend Act
Give one example of a strength and a weakness of the British and Continental Armies.
Example:
B- were better equipped and trained. However, they did not know the landscape nordid they have “heart” – it wasn’t “their” fight.
C-Patriots had reason to fight, and they werefighting on their own land. They did not have proper equipment or training.
What was decided during the meeting in which the Treaty of Paris was written?
Britain recognized America's Independence.