Road to Revolution
What law banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
What did colonists call the harsh punishments placed on Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts
Who created the famous engraving (drawing) of the Boston Massacre?
Paul Revere
Who were the Minutemen, and how did they get their name?
Colonial militia trained to be ready at a minute's notice.
What effect did Britain's debt from the French and Indian War have on the colonies?
Britain taxed the colonies to help pay off the debt
Wjocj act taxed newspapers, legal papers, and playing cards in 1765?
Stamp Act
Which act allowed the British East India Company to sell cheap tea directly to the colonies?
The Tea Act.
What does the chopped-up snaked in Franklin's "Join or Die" cartoon represent?
The disunity of the colonies and the need for unity.
Where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired?
Lexington, Massachusetts.
How did the Proclamation of 1763 affect colonial expansion?
It banned settlement west of the Appalachians, angering colonists who wanted land
What colonial group organized resistance against British policies like the Stamp ACt?
Sons of Liberty
What does the phrase "no taxation without representation" mean?
Colonists believed it was unfair to be taxed without having representatives in Parliament.
Why did colonists disguise themselves as Native Americans during the Boston Tea Party?
To hide their identities and symbolize independence from Britain.
Why did the British march to Lexington and Concord in April 1775
To arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock and seize colonial weapons.
What was one major effect of colonial boycotts against British goods?
Britain repealed some taxes after losing money
Why did Britain begin taxing the colonies after the French and Indian War?
To pay off debts accumulated from the war.
Name two good taxed under the Townshend Acts.
Glass, paint, paper, or tea (any two)
Why isn't Paul Revere's Boston Massacre engraving considered a true picture of the event?
It exaggerated British aggression and left out colonists' role, making it propoganda.
Why did the British suffer more casualties than the colonists after the battles?
Colonists used guerrilla tactics and knew the terrain, ambushing the British on their retreat.
How did the Intolerable Acts lead to stronger colonial unity?
Colonists started to form the First Continental Congress to coordinate resistance to the British.
Explain how the Proclamation of 1763 and Pontiac's Rebellion are connected.
Pontiac's Rebellion was led by Native Americans who were upset about colonists expanding onto their land. The Proclamation of 1763 was passed by Britain to keep the Natives happy and to prevent further conflict with them.
Compare the Stamp Act and the Tea Act- how were colonists' responses similar and different?
Both sparked protests and boycotts; the Stamp Act targeted paper goods broadly, while the Tea Act focused on tea and hurts merchants.
How did propaganda like Revere's engraving influence colonial unity against Brtiain?
It stirred anger, spread anti-British sentiment, and encouraged colonists to unite in protest.
Why is the "shot heard round the world" difficult for historians to explain with certainty?
Witnesses gave conflicting accounts about who fired first
Britain gained land but huge debt, taxed colonists, restricted expansion, and angered colonists which sparked rebellion.