Quiz Review 2 Events Before the American Revolution

Quiz 2 Review
Part 2

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Parliament to pass the Townshend Acts. The new laws placed a duty, or tax, on certain goods the colonies imported from Great Britain, including such popular items as glass, paint, paper, and tea. A Boston Patriot named Samuel Adams led the opposition to the Townshend Acts. Early in 1770, Parliament to repeal all of the Townshend duties, except for one—the tax on tea.

Townshend Act

The Virginia Gazette wrote that a woman could “do more for the good of her country than five hundred noisy sons of liberty, with all their mobs and riots.”
In reference to the Townshend Act

On March 5, 1770, a young Boston man confronted a British soldier about an outstanding debt. The crowd pressed forward, a protester threw something that knocked over a British soldier, who stood up and fired into the crowd. Samuel Adams saw this event as a perfect opportunity to whip up anti-British feeling

Boston Massacre

• Paul Revere, The Bloody Massacre

" Unhappy Boston! see thy Sons deplore Thy hallow’d walks besmear’d with guiltless gore While faithless P____n and his savage bands With murd'rous rancour stretch their bloody hands Like fierce barbarians grinning o’er their prey Approve the carnage and enjoy the day."

The Tea Act lowered the cost of tea sold by the British East India Company in the colonies. As a result, even taxed British tea became cheaper than smuggled Dutch tea.On December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty decided to unload the tea, but not in the way the governor had in mind. That night, about 60 men boarded the three ships.

The Boston Tea Party

In 1774, Great Britain’s anger led Parliament to pass a new series of laws that were so harsh that many colonists called them intolerable, or unbearable. Throughout the colonies, they became known as the Intolerable Acts. In Virginia, lawmakers drafted a resolution in support of Massachusetts. The Virginians said that everyone’s rights were at stake.

British React!

​Patrick Henry

• Patrick Henry

"I am not a Virginian, but an American." 

King George III had made many mistakes in his management of the colonies, which the First Continental Congress listed in their message to the king. However, rather than consider the colonists’ complaints, King George refused to answer their message.

​Lexington and Concord

​King George III

• King George III

" The New England governments are in a state of rebellion,” he said. “Blows must decide whether they are to be subject to this country or independent." 

• Captain John Parker, New England farmer and Minuteman

" Stand your ground,” ordered Parker. “Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here. "

The British expected the colonists to break and run, but to their surprise, the Minutemen stood their ground and fired back. Soon, it was the British falling back.

Colonists Dead, British retreat to Boston

Multiple Choice

Who were the Minutemen?

• A group of British soldiers during the American Civil War.
• The Minutemen were colonial militia members ready to fight at a moment's notice during the American Revolutionary War.
• A secret society of loyalists opposing independence.
• Farmers who refused to fight in the Revolutionary War.

Multiple Choice

What role did the Sons of Liberty play in the events leading up to the American Revolution?

• They organized military campaigns against Native Americans.
• They were primarily focused on trade negotiations with Britain.
• They organized resistance against British policies and uniting colonists.

• They supported British taxation policies.

Multiple Choice

Who was Patrick Henry?

• A famous American scientist known for his inventions.
• A British politician during the 18th century.
• A French philosopher who influenced the American Revolution.
• Patrick Henry was a prominent American revolutionary leader and orator.

Multiple Choice

Which battle is known as the "shot heard round the world"?

• Battles of Lexington and Concord
• Battle of Yorktown
• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Bunker Hill

Multiple Choice

What role did Pual Revere play after the Boston Massacre?

• Paul Revere was a British soldier during the Boston Massacre.
• Paul Revere was primarily known for his role as a tax collector.
• Paul Revere organized a tea party against British taxation.
• Paul Revere played a key role in propagandizing the Boston Massacre.