WorksheetsCh. 7 Road to Revolution
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
What was a result of the meeting of the Stamp Act Congress of 1765?
Intercolonial unity
Increased sectional suspicions among the colonies
Formation of the U.S. Postal Service
Violent protests
Who were the two main political parties at the time?
Republicans and Democrats
Democratic Republicans and Federalists
Radical Whigs and Republicans
Patriot and Liberty
The Committees of Correspondence...
Was a meeting between all of the states representatives
Spread spirit of rebellion through letters
Took place in Philadelphia
Sparked riots in the colonies
British hardships include...
scarce provisions
lack of troops
Native American attacks
their redcoats weren't on trend
The creation of the Association led Americans to
call peace with Britain
reject petitions from parliament
boycott all British goods
call for independence
Mercantilism
benefited the colonies
was regulated by the colonies
made Britain supply raw materials to the colonies
benefited the British
This act was passed in 1765 and required colonist to allow any British soldier to stay in their house if the army barracks were full
Housing Act
Townshend Act
Quatering Act
Intolerable Act
Why did Great Britian impose the Intolerable Acts?
to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Massacre.
to punish the Massachusetts colonists for not being Loyalists.
to punish the Massachusetts colonists for not buying stamps to place on their letters and other documents.
to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
Why did Africans/Slaves join the British army?
They were promised emancipation
They were Loyalists
The British always treated them well
They didn't like America
Camp followers were
people who approached camps to join the cause.
females accompanying the American army to cook and sew.
the parents of the troops making sure their sons were alive.
slaves assigned to tend to the soldiers' needs.
