Ch. 5 - The American Revolution

Why did Great Britain pass the Stamp Act?

• They were in debt from the French and Indian War.

• They wanted to raise money for a stamp collection.

• They wanted to punish the colonists.

• They needed to raise money to relocate the Native Americans.

How did the colonists respond to the Stamp Act?

• They bought lots of stamps.

• They threw the stamps into the harbor.

• They were angry because they didn't have representation.

• They boycotted tea.

What Act led to the Boston Tea Party?

• The Tea Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Townshend Acts

What Acts did the British impose as punishment of the Boston Tea Party?

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Sugar Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Tea Act

Who helped form the Committees of Correspondence?

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Patrick Henry

• Paul Rever

What was established to share information among the colonists about British actions and colonial protests?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• Committees of Correspondence

• The Treaty of Paris

What Act established a monopoly on tea, setting up only one company to sell tea in the colonies.

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Tea Act

• Monopoly

• British East India Company

Who rode a horse to warn Hancock and Adams that the British Army was coming to arrest them?

• Paul Revere and two others

• Benjamin Franklin and two others

• Thomas Jefferson and two others

• John Paul Jones and two others

After the Intolerable Acts, where were the "Shots heard 'round the world" fired?

• Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga

At the Second Continental Congress, what did they do that showed they were "hoping for peace"?

• formed the Continental Army

• sent the Olive Branch Petition