2. IT’S NEWS TAXATION WAR! AMERICAN BRITISH 50 40 30 20 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50

3. WHY WERE THE COLONISTS UPSET WITH THE STAMP ACT, TEA ACT, AND THE TOWNSEND ACTS

4. A MAJOR CAUSE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAS THE BELIEF THAT GREAT BRITAIN WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE AWAY THE AMERICAN’S PERSONAL LIBERTIES. GIVE ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS.

5. DETERMINE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE. A.) ENGLAND HAD FEW ADVANTAGES IN A WAR WITH HER AMERICAN COLONIES. B.) THE THIRTEEN COLONIES HAD MORE ADVANTAGES THAN DISADVANTAGES UPON ENTERING THE WAR. C.) ENGLAND DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE THIRTEEN COLONIES WERE WORTH THE EXPENSE OF A WAR. D.) THE THIRTEEN COLONIES HAD A FEW, BUT IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES IN THE WAR WITH ENGLAND.

6. HOW WAS THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA A TURNING POINT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?

7. WHY DID THE BRITISH IMPOSE THE STAMP ACT?

8. WHAT WERE THE COLONIES LIKE BEFORE 1763 (THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR)?

9. WHY DID THE COLONIES DECIDE TO WRITE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

10. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE STATES THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE BORN WITH CERTAIN RIGHTS. WHAT FAMOUS QUOTE FROM THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SUPPORTS THIS?

11. AFTER THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, HUGE NUMBERS OF SETTLERS MOVED WEST BEYOND THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. WHY?

12. HOW DID THE AMERICANS GET THE BRITISH TO REPEAL THE STAMP ACT?

13. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT AN EFFECT OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR? A.) REDUCED THE COLONISTS’ NEEDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST THE FRENCH AND INDIANS. B.) OPENED THE OHIO VALLEY TO SETTLEMENT BY REMOVING NATIVE AMERICANS C.) LED PARLIAMENT TO TAX THE COLONIES TO HELP PAY OFF BRITAIN’S WAR DEBT. D.) GREATLY EXPANDED BRITAIN’S EMPIRE IN NORTH AMERICA.

14. IN THE TREATY OF PARIS, THE AMERICANS WON THEIR INDEPENEDENCE AND …

15. COMPARED TO THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, THE BRITISH TROOPS WERE BETTER … (HINT: 3 THINGS)

16. WHAT WAS THE MAIN AMERICAN STRENGTH WHEN THE WAR BEGAN?

17. WHY DID MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS JOIN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY?

18. WHAT UPSET THE AMERICAN COLONISTS MOST ABOUT THE STAMP ACT?

19. WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?

20. AMERICAN IDEALISM RELATING TO ECONOMIC FREEDOM WAS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT LED TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. WHAT WAS THE MAJOR ECONOMIC DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE COLONIES

21. THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF THESE COLONIES ARE PERSONS CHOSEN THEREIN BY THEMSELVES; AND THAT NO TAXES EVER HAVE BEEN, OR CAN BE CONSTITUTIONALLY IMPOSED ON THEM BUT BY THEIR RESPECTIVE LEGISLATURES. -Statement by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765 WHAT DOES THIS STATEMENT BY THE STAMP ACT CONGRESS IMPLY ABOUT THE BELIEFS OF THE COLONISTS?

22. DEFINE THE STAMP ACT. USE DETAILS

23. WHAT WAS THE MAIN IMPACT OF THOMAS PAINE’S COMMON SENSE?

24. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE OLIVE BRANCH PETITION?

25. DESCRIBE HOW THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT ENCOURAGED THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF- REPRESENTATION, AND WAS IMPORTANT TO THE CONCEPT OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. NO MORE KING - SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK

26. WHAT WAS THOMAS PAINE’S MESSAGE TO THE COLONISTS IN THE CRISIS?

27. USING GREAT DETAIL, DESCRIBE THE THREE EXAMPLES OF WAYS THE COLONISTS PROTESTED THE STAMP ACTS.