American Revolution

What is a Patriot?

• a colonist who didn't want to get involved with the fight for freedom

• a colonist who supported Great Britain in the American Revolution

• a colonist who supported the fight for independence in the American Revolution

• a colonist who refused to but goods because of unfair tax laws

What was a Loyalist?

• a colonist who supported the fight for independence in the American Revolution

• a colonist who wanted to remain neutral

• a colonist who volunteered to fight for America in the American Revolution

• a colonist who supported Great Britain and the King in the American Revolution

What did the Quartering Act do?

• Taxed goods like paint, glass, oil, paper, and tea

• closed all ports until debts were paid

• limited the amount of money colonists were allowed to have

• forced colonists to house British soldiers and pay for their supplies

Why were the colonists so angry about the Sugar Act?

• it was taxes on all imports except those from Great Britain

• it forced a tax on all baked goods like cakes and sweet breads

• it banned the colonists from using sugar

• it forced the colonists to pay a tax on sugar from Great Britain

How did the stamp act affect the colonists?

• it forced the colonists to get a stamp of approval to sell anything

• it required colonists to put a British stamp on everything they owned

• it banned colonists from sending letters to one another

• it forced the colonists to pay taxes on all paper and printed products

Why did the colonists call the Coercive Acts the Intolerable Acts?

• they thought the Boston Tea Party was intolerable

• they felt the Coercive Acts were too great a punishment

• the Coercive Acts helped the colonists get the British to do what they wanted

• they felt the Coercive Acts were a good compromise between the colonists and Parliment

How did the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party affect colonists' opinion of the King and Parliament?

• colonists saw that they could not go against the government

• colonists decided to support the taxes that were passed

• colonists were shocked that Britain would treat citizens so poorly

• colonists decided to negotiate the taxes with Parliament

Why did the Second Continental Congress send the Olive Branch Petition to the King?

• the delegates wanted to let the King know they were mad about the taxes

• the delegates wanted to remind the King of their history together

• the delegates wanted to declare war

• the delegates wanted to try one last time to make peace with the King

What was the "Case against the King"?

• a legal case between the colonists and the King about the Stamp and Sugar Act

• a legal case between the colonists and the King about the Boston Massacre

• a phrase referring to all of the wrongs the King had done to the colonists

• a phrase referring to the wrongs the King had done to the soldiers in the war

Who won the Revolutionary War?

• Parliament and King George

• Great Britain

• The First and Second Continental Congress

• American colonists(Continental Army)