Discontent Leads to Revolution
1) What is salutary neglect?
2) Define Mercantilism.
3) Define the following terms:
a) The Proclamation of 1763
b) The Sugar Act
c) The Quartering Act
d) The Stamp Act
e) The Townshend Acts.
f) The Tea Act.
g) Boston Tea Party
h) Intolerable Acts
i) Civil Disobedience
4) Explain why Colonial assemblies, newspapers, colonist used the phrase, “No taxation without
representation!”
5) Describe the Events of The Boston Massacre, and explain why it happened. Explain whether or
not this is a form of civil disobedience.
6) Describe the events of The Boston Tea Party and explain why it happened. Explain whether or
not this is a form of civil disobedience.
7) Describe the events that led to Paul Reveres “midnight ride?”
8) What was Paul Revere’s “midnight ride?”
9) Describe the events of April 19, 1775 in Lexington Massachusetts?
10) Describe the events of April 19, 1775 in Concord Massachusetts?
11) What was the significance of the events of April 19, 1775 in Lexington and Concord?
12) What is a Loyalist?
13) What is a patriot?
14) Who is Patrick Henry? What is he known for? Is he a Patriot or a Loyalist?
15) What were the results of the Second Continental Congress?
16) What were the arguments for the American independence?
17) What are the arguments against American independence?
18) What was the Olive Branch Petition? It’s purpose? What we’re it’s results? Why were the results
significant?
19) Who wrote Common Sense? What was Common Sense? What was its significance?
20) What happened in 1776? What is its significance? Why is it important today?
21) Define unalienable rights. Give 3 examples of unalienable rights.
22) What is the Declaration of Independence?
23) What were the consequences of the Declaration of Independence?
24) What were the results of the Declaration of Independence?
25) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
26) Draw a timeline of events from the Proclamation of 1863 up to the Declaration of
independence. Be sure to include: The Proclamation of 1763, The Proclamation of 1763, the
Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, The Boston Massacre, the
Tea Act, the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts, Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride, Battles of
Lexington and Concord, the First and Second Continental Congress, The Olive Branch Petition,
and the Declaration of Independence.
27) Define the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Colonial Army and British Army.
28) Draw a chronological timeline of the events of the American Revolution. Be sure to include
Lexington & Concord, Saratoga, Yorktown, Valley Forge, Treaty of Paris.
29) Take the Events of the Revolution from your timeline and state what the significance of each
battle was to the American Revolution.
30) Define who the following people are and their significance to the American Revolution: Abigail
Adams, John Adams, Wentworth Cheswell, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, James
Armistead, Benjamin Franklin, Benardo de Galvez, Crispus Attucks, King George III, Hyam
Salomon, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas Paine, John Paul
Jones, and George Washington