VI. British Policies & Colonial Resistance
What economic system did the Navigation Acts support?
A: Mercantilism.
What were Committees of Correspondence?
A: Groups that shared information between colonies.
What Enlightenment idea influenced Jefferson?
A: Natural rights.
A: Natural rights.
When was the Battle of Yorktown fought?
A: 1781.
What is a confederation?
A: An alliance of states.
Why was the Stamp Act important?
A: It was the first direct tax on colonists.
Which acts punished Boston after the Tea Party?
A: Intolerable Acts.
What was NOT an advantage of the Continental Army?
A: Availability of supplies.
How were the British trapped at Yorktown?
A: French ships blockaded the bay.
What power did the national government have?
A: Making treaties.
Why was the Stamp Act repealed?
A: Colonial boycotts hurt British merchants.
Where did the first fighting of the Revolution occur?
A: Lexington.
What did the Treaty of Paris (1783) accomplish?
A: Officially ended the Revolutionary War.
Who helped the Americans at Yorktown?
A: The French.
Were the Articles strong or weak?
A: Weak.
What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
A: Treaty of Paris.
A: Treaty of Paris.
Why did the Stamp Act Congress oppose taxation?
A: Taxation without representation.
Who were the Minutemen?
A: Colonial civilians ready to fight quickly.
Why was Yorktown significant?
A: It led directly to American independence.
Where was the office of president created?
A: The Constitution.
How did the Sons of Liberty protest the Tea Act?
A: Boston Tea Party.
A: Boston Tea Party.
Why did farmers rebel in Shays’ Rebellion?
A: Risk of losing farms due to debt.