1. UNIT 4 STUDY GUIDE The American Revolution

2. Why was the French and Indian War fought? The French and Indian War was a land dispute between GB and France. As a result of this war=GB gained all of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Mississippi River

3. What was the Proclamation of 1763? The official announcement that designated the land west of the Appalachian Mountains and East of the Mississippi River for the Native American Indians

4. Why did GB start taxing the colonists? The French and Indian War was very costly for GB. King George III and the British leaders agreed that taxes should be raised in order to pay for war debts

5. Why did the colonists not want to pay taxes? They were being taxed without representation in Parliament “No taxation without representation!”

6. Why did Parliament create the Townshend Acts? To pay for services the British were providing in the colonies

7. How did the First Continental Congress try to solve the conflict over the tea tax? The colonists wrote a letter asking Parliament to stop taxing the colonists.

8. What was the Boston Tea Party? The Tea Act was imposed on the colonists. The merchants in Boston would not sell the tea from Britain because it had a British tax on it even though it was cheaper than the smuggled tea they were buying. They refused to unload it from the ship in the Boston Harbor. The Sons of Liberty dressed up like Native American Indians and dumped all of the tea into the harbor in protest.

9. What happened as a result of the Stamp Act Congress of 1765? The Stamp Act was repealed

10. What were the Committees of Correspondence? It was the groups of people started by Samuel Adams who wrote letters to other colonies to let them know what was happening in Boston. Why was it set up? They were set up because news traveled very slowly between the colonies and they needed to know what was going on in Boston.

11. Famous People: Famous PersonWho was this person? What are they known for in the events leading up to the Revolutionary War? General George Washington Commander of Continental Army Chosen to train and lead the militia to get ready for war with Britain Patrick Henrymember of Virginia’s House of BurgessesGave speech “give me liberty or give me death” King George IIIKing of Great Britain kept sending soldiers to control Boston – refused colonists requests to resolve issues peacefully John AdamsBoston lawyer defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre Benedict ArnoldGeneral in the British Army Planned to capture the cannons at Fort Ticonderoga for the colonial army camped near Boston. Benjamin Franklin Committee member from Pennsylvania appointed by congress to write the Declaration of Independence Made changed to the Declaration of Independence before presenting it to Congress. Thomas JeffersonCommittee member from Virginia appointed by congress to write the Declaration of Independence Wrote the Declaration of Independence.

12. Sugar Act, Townshend Act, Stamp Act, Tea Act, Intolerable Act Sugar Act taxed sugar, tea, coffee Townshend Act taxed paint, lead, glass, tea and imported paper Stamp Act taxed anything printed on paper Tea Act only allowed the East India Tea Company to sell tea in Boston; made it cheaper to buy than the smuggled tea Intolerable Act Put in place to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party 1. stopped trade between Britain and Boston, 2. stopped town meetings, 3. colonists had to quarter soldiers, 4. gave Britain more control over British government

13. Treaty of 1783 Officially ended the Revolutionary War and declared that the United States was an independent Nation. It also defined the borders of the United States as of September 3, 1783

14. What were the causes of the Revolutionary War? 1. Land=British wanted the Ohio River Valley 2. Britain started taxing the colonists 3. Colonists had no representation in Parliament 4. Intolerable Acts placed upon the colonists