Road to Revolution
What was “salutary neglect”?
Answer: Britain mostly stayed out of colonial affairs.
Which group was led by Samuel Adams?
Answer: Sons of Liberty.
Who wrote Common Sense?
Answer: Thomas Paine.
What helped the Americans win at Yorktown?
Answer: French assistance.
Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution”?
Answer: James Madison.
According to mercantilism, what was the main purpose of the colonies?
Answer: To enrich the mother country.
What act did colonists protest with the slogan “No taxation without representation”?
Answer: Stamp Act.
What did Paine argue colonists should do?
Answer: Support independence from Britain.
Where did Washington’s army train to become stronger?
Answer: Valley Forge.
What rebellion exposed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?
Answer: Shays’ Rebellion.
Which event caused Britain to pay closer attention to the colonies?
Answer: The French and Indian War.
Who created the “Join or Die” cartoon?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson.
What battle unofficially ended the war?
Answer: Battle of Yorktown.
Which branch has the power to declare war?
Answer: Congress.
What law prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Answer: Proclamation of 1763.
Why was Paul Revere’s Boston Massacre print misleading?
Answer: It showed colonists as innocent victims.
What is the term for a colonist who supported Britain?
Answer: Loyalist.
What treaty officially ended the war?
Answer: Treaty of Paris (1783).
What system divides power between national and state governments?
Answer: Federalism.
Who defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre?
Answer: John Adams.
What was Britain's immediate response to the protests following the Stamp Act?
Answer: They repealed the act because of colonial violence.
What are “unalienable rights”?
Answer: Rights that can’t be taken away.
Which battle is considered the turning point of the war?
Answer: The Battle of Saratoga
What essays encouraged Americans to ratify the Constitution?
Answer: The Federalist Papers.