Acting Out
What was the Stamp Act and what did it tax?
It was an internal tax on paper and dice (SNEAKY SNAKE.)
What did Parliament repeal on the same day of the Boston Massacre?
the Townsend Duties
“Without the pen of Paine, the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.”
John Adams
What was "Social Contract" by Rousseau about?
It was about how property is the root of humanity's problems.
Andrew Oliver was a member of the Sons of Liberty
False: He was a stamp collector
What was the reason the Coercive Acts were passed?
December 26, 1776
Battle of Trenton
“It cannot be good to tax the Americans. You will lose more than you will gain.”
Thomas Hutchinson
The "Treatise on Civil Government" (1690) focused on contract theory, but who is that contract between?
A government and the governed
The Stamp Act mob destroyed everything in Hutchinson's house but the kitchen sink.
True
What did the Quebec Act do?
Parliament opened up the western Massachusetts border to settlement by French Catholics who lived in Quebec.
The year the American Revolution started.
1775
“The distinction between New Englanders and Virginians are no more. I am not a Virginian. I am an American.
Patrick Henry
Voltaire
Roger Sherman was from Connecticut
True
What did the Townsend Duties tax?
1. Lead
2. Paper
3. Paint
4. Glass
5. Tea
Battle of Concord
April 19, 1775
“Two-fifths of the colonists were Loyalists”
John Adams
What was a large contributor to the American Revolution according to Gary Nash’s “The Unknown American Revolution?”
Class conflict
The first Continental Congress met in response to the Stamp Act
False: Coercive Acts
What was painted on the British flag during protests?
Liberty
July 3, 1775
Washington becomes commander of continental army
What act is “Parliament has the authority to tax the colonists” from?
Declaratory Act
Why did the Royal governed of GA dissolve the assembly?
The Massachusetts Circular Letter
Cornwallis was the British leader who fought at Trenton.
False: Rahl