Road to Revolution EXAM REVIEW

Appalachian Mountains 0 The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of the ?

Sugar Act 0 The British government tried to stop smuggling with the ______ Act?

Ethan Allen 0 Who led the Green Mountain Boys?

Stamp Act 0 What act taxed almost all printed material in the colonies?

Thomas Jefferson 0 The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence was:

John Hancock 0 Who was chosen as president of the Second Continental Congress?

Thomas Paine 0 Who wrote Common Sense?

Writs of assistance 0 To search a colonist’s house, a British customs officer presented :

Loyalists 0 Which colonists did not consider unfair taxes a good reason for rebellion?

Patriots 0 Which colonists wanted to fight the British for American Independence?

Olive Branch Petition 0 The colonists expressed their desire for peace and protection in the ________

Declaratory 0 Which act stated that Parliament had the right to make laws and levy taxes on the colonists “in all cases what so ever!”

They were not represented in Parliament **no taxation without representation 0 The colonists claimed that Parliament did not have the right to tax them because?

Violated their rights as Englishmen 0 Colonists objected to both writs of assistance and the Quartering Act because they?

Save the East India Tea Co. from going out of business 0 The chief goal of the Tea Act was to

Lexington and Concord 0 The battle generally associated with the phrase, “…here the embattled farmers stood, and fired the shot heard ‘round the world.”

Defeated **but it was a psychological victory 0 The first major battle of the Revolutionary War was 0 Patriot forces were _____________________in this first major battle. Battle of Bunker’s Hill

July 4, The Declaration of Independence was adopted/signed by the Second Continental Congress on:

The Declaration of Independence 0 The expression “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” appears in ---- ___________________

Consent of the Governed **governments are formed by men to secure their rights 0 Which is the fundamental principle of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

First Continental Congress 0 Delegates from twelve colonies gathered in Philadelphia at the ___________________________to unite against the Intolerable Acts

Daughters of Liberty 0 Members of the _________________ signed pledges against drinking tea to protest the Tea Act.

Committees of Correspondence 0 Sam Adams organized the first ____________________ to inform colonists about British actions.

Second Continental Congress 0 Delegates from all thirteen colonies gathered at the ____________________ to appoint a military leader and prepare for war.

Sugar 0 Lowered a tax on imports of foreign molasses in order to stop colonial smuggling.

Boston Massacre 0 Event was used as “propaganda” to encourage colonial resistance against the British.

Tea Act 0 The ___________________________ Act allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists.

Treaty of Paris, The __________________________________ gave Canada, Florida and all French lands east of the Mississippi River to Britain

Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) 0 Acts were restrictions passed by Parliament to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party.

Stamp Act 0 The ___________________________ taxed all printed / legal documents.

Quartering Act 0 The __________________________ required colonists to pay for the housing and feeding of British soldiers

Boston Tea Party 0 A protest by the Sons of Liberty against a monopoly by the British East India Company was given the name_____________________________________.

Townshend Acts 0 The ________________________ taxed imported goods of glass, lead, paper, paint and tea.

Proclamation of The ___________________________________Limited colonial westward expansion - - colonist felt this was a limit on their freedom