Chapter 4 The War for Independence 10mo 1er Parcial

Conflict between Great Britain and the American colonies grew over issues of taxation, representation, and liberty.

• True

• False

Tensions increased throughout the colonies until the Continental Congress declared independence on July 4, 1776.

• True

• False

After a series of setbacks, American forces won at Saratoga and survived.

• True

• False

Strategic victories in the South and at Yorktown enabled the Americans to defeat the British.

• True

• False

____________ required colonists to purchase special stamped paper

for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac, and

imposed special “stamp duties” on packages of playing cards and dice.

• Stamp Act

• Samuel Adams

• Townshend Acts

• Boston Massacre

Founder or the Sons of liberty (a secret resistance group) he was a Harvard-educated , powerful and influential political activist

• Stamp Act

• Samuel Adams

• Townshend Acts

• Boston Massacre

__________ these were indirect taxes, or duties levied on imported materials—glass, lead, paint, and paper—

as they came into the colonies from Britain. The acts also imposed a three-penny tax on tea, the most popular drink in the colonies.

• Stamp Act

• Samuel Adams

• Townshend Acts

• Boston Massacre

_________ a British attack on defenseless citizens.Conflict tahat struck over job competition between colonists and poorly paid soldiers who looked for extra work in local shipyards during off-duty hours.

• Stamp Act

• Samuel Adams

• Townshend Acts

• Boston Massacre

The plan to haul Americans to England for trial ignited widespread alarm. The

assemblies of Massachusetts and Virginia set up ______________ to communicate with other colonies about this and other threats to American liberties.

• committees of

  correspondence

• Boston Tea Party

• King George III

• Intolerable Acts

the “Indians” dumped 18,000 pounds of the East India Company’s tea into the waters of Boston Harbor.

• committees of

  correspondence

• Boston Tea Party

• King George III

• Intolerable Acts