American Revolution War Background

For the Sugar, Stamp, Townshend Acts: The (a)   revenue that the British government expected to get from the new taxes severely outpaced the ​ (b)   revenue generated from the taxes. In addition, the anticipated ​ (c)   of enforcing the laws were much higher than expected. In short, this was very poor ​ (d)   on the part of the British government.

• anticipated
• actual
• expense
• policy

The image of the cut up snake emerged first throughout the colonies during the ​ (a)   . ​ (b)   created the ​ (c)   cartoon; it asked the colonies to unite in order to defend against French and Huron attacks. Americans failed to approve of the ​ (d)   in 1754, showing that there was not a high level of intercolonial unity at that time.

• French and Indian War
• Join or Die
• Ben Franklin
• John Adams
• Gadsden Flag
• Albany Plan of Union
• First Continental Congress

The image of the chopped up snake ​ (a)   during the revolutionary crisis. This time, all colonies were included in the snake image, as ​ (b)   had been left out on Franklin's image. This time, the colonies were asking each other to unite against ​ (c)   instead of uniting against the French and Indians. Eventually, the snake came to represent American rebellion, as the Gadsden Flag featured a serpent with the phrase ​ (d)   underneath.

• reemerged
• Delaware and Georgia
• British taxation
• Rogue's Island and Connecticut
• Catholicism
• "Don't Tread on Me"
• "No Taxation Without Representation"

A ​ (a)   was a large pole erected in the middle of American town squares during the revolutionary crisis. It was meant to be a place to gather and protest and hang and burn ​ (b)   . There were also ​ (c)   , which were naturally-growing already that were nearby and served the same function as the liberty pole. Some religious Americans used the liberty tree as a way to remind them that they needed to ​ (d)   , or ask God for help during the crisis. ​ Additionally, ​Protestant preachers helped get the revolutionary word out to communities and there were scheduled ​ (e)   , all showing that there was a First Great Awakening tinge to the revolutionary movement.

• liberty pole
• effigies
• witches
• liberty trees
• "appeal to heaven"
• "no taxation without representation"
• Days of Fasting and Public Humiliation

The ​ (a)   met in 1774 after the ​ (b)   were issued by the British. This meeting of 12/13 colonies (the colony of ​ (c)   was not there) said that they were still loyal, but wanted Britain to stop the madness. They created the Continental Association and the Committees of Observation in order to enforce ​ (d)  

• First Continental Congress
• Intolerable Acts
• Georgia
• non-importation agreements
• Rogue's Island
• strict adherence to the Crown
• Second Continental Congress

The ​ (a)   met in 1775 in Philadelphia after the battles at ​ (b)   . They asked ​ (c)   to be the commander of a Continental Army and started financing the military by issuing basically ​ (d)   bills of credit. This Congress led the colonies throughout the ​ (e)  

• Second Continental Congress
• Lexington and Concord
• Stamp Act Congress
• First Continental Congress
• George Washington
• Benedict Arnold
• Charles Lee
• worthless
• Revolutionary War
• Seven Years War