Prelude to Revolution: P2

Why did the colonists protest the Tea Act, even though it actually lowered the price of tea?

What was NOT one of the components of the Intolerable Acts?

• The Quebec Act

• The Massachusetts Government Act

• The Townshend Act

• The Quartering Act

Why can it be argued that the First Continental Congress was the first government of America?

What is NOT one of the reasons that John Green mentions for why War for Independence and the Americans Revolution are not the same thing?

• Just because the colonists declared indepedence that didn't mean that they were independent

• Throughout the American Revolution, and even for many years after it, every American was still a British citizen by law.

• The fighting started fifteen months before the Declaration of Independence was written.

• The war began at a time when most people were not convinced that they wanted to be independent

What was the "shot heard around the world"?

• The bullet that killed George Washington and angered every colonist soldier

• A bullet that was recorded on the radio during the fighting at Lexington and Concord

• The first bullet fired that began the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord

• The first American killled that angered every other colonist soldier

The Continental Congress sent what to the King prior to ever sending any Declaration of Independence?

The popular document written by Thomas Paine which was hugely popular at the time was called what?

How many copies of the pamphlet COMMON SENSE were sold? 

What influential document/pamphlet by Thomas Paine convinced many Americans

to support independence?

• Grievances and Resolutions

• Common Sense

• Pride and Prejudice

• Olive Branch

If you were a colonist, would you have resorted to fighting for your independence or choose another path? Explain your answer