Chapter 5 - The Road to Revolution - Week 2

Front

How did the Intolerable Acts strengthen the Quartering Act?

Back

Soldiers could now take over private homes.

Front

What right did the Intolerable Acts take away from Massachusetts?

Back

the right of citizens to elect representatives to the bodies that governed them

Front

What inference can you draw from why the First Continental Congress cut off trade with Britain and Ireland?

Back

Colonial leaders thought a boycott against British trade would be effective.

Front

What was a result of the fighting at Lexington and Concord?

Back

The Patriots supported colonial independence.

Front

What can you infer about the outcome at Fort Ticonderoga?

Back

The British Army was unprepared for an attack on the fort.

Front

What event gave the Second Continental Congress extra leverage when it petitioned the king in the summer of 1775? Options: capture of Fort Ticonderoga, victory over the British at Bunker Hill, departure of Loyalists from Boston, publication of Common Sense

Back

capture of Fort Ticonderoga

Front

Which of the following was a result of King George’s decision to hire German soldiers?
Options:
Both France and Spain began fighting the Hessians in Germany.
Governing the colonies became even more expensive for Britain.
France and Spain cut off all trade with the American colonies.
Fewer British soldiers were stationed in Canada.

Back

Governing the colonies became even more expensive for Britain.

Front

What solution to colonial problems did Thomas Paine propose in Common Sense?

Back

declaring independence from Britain

Front

What made the thirteen colonies “independent states”?

Back

Each colony established an independent government.

Front

What did the Intolerable Acts do?

Back

Punish Massachussetts by taking away self-government and closing Boston Harbor