Ch. 5 American Revolution

To give food and shelter to others

• independence

• quarter

• repeal

• mercenaries

to cancel

• Treaty of Paris

• quarter

• independence

• repeal

the agreement that formally ended the Revolutionary War

• Treaty of Paris

• quarter

• independence

• repeal

freedom from rule by others

• Treaty of Paris

• mercenaries

• independence

• repeal

soldiers who are paid to fight for another country

• Treaty of Paris

• mercenaries

• independence

• repeal

Which answer BEST explains why the colonists were angry about the Stamp Act

• The Act was unfair because the colonists had no representation in Parliament.

• The Stamp Act taxed tools that the colonists produced in America.

• The Stamp Act taxed the colonists' land.

Why did Great Britain repeal the Stamp Act?

• France invaded and conquered Britain.

• Great Britain earned enough ,oney from the tax to repay its war debts.

• The colonists were threatening stamp agents and boycotting British goods.

Which statement is true about the Boston Tea Party?

• It celebrated the arrival of a new kind of tea from Britain.

• The colonists celebrated because Britain repealed the tea tax.

• Colonists boarded a British ship in the night and threw chests of tea into the sea.

Parliament passed a series of harsh laws in response to the Boston Tea Party. What name did the colonists give these laws?

• Common Sense

• Intolerable Acts

• The Townshend Acts

• The Olive Branch Petition

Where were the first two battles of the Revolutionary War fought?

• at Lexington and Concord

• at Trenton and Valley Forge

• at Yorktown and Fort Ticonderoga

• at Savannah and Charleston