Freedom Team
American History
Name ___________________
Date ____________________
Causes of the Revolution
Study Guide/Homework Packet
Listed below are the objective questions that must be answered in order to gain
a full understanding of the Pre-Revolutionary period. All answers must be typed
in complete sentences upon completion of the assigned readings.
5.2 Turmoil over Taxation (pages 146-153):
1. Describe how Britain tried to ease growing tensions on the American Frontier.
2. Explain the events that led to the Boston Massacre.
5.3 From Protest to Revolution (pages 155-160):
1. Explain how a dispute over tea led to the tension between the colonists and Britain.
2. Describe how Parliament struck back at the city of Boston.
3. Identify reasons fighting broke out at Lexington and Concord.
6.1 Fighting begins in the North (pages 168-171):
1. Describe how the Congress struggled between war and peace with Britain.
2. Explain how the Continental Army gained control of Boston.
6.2 The Colonies Declare Independence (pages 173-176):
1. Describe the impact of common sense.
2. Summarize the main ideas of the Declaration of Independence.
Please define and explain the significance of the following terms/people on a
separate piece of paper. Write the terms/people and the definition/significance.
Each definition should answer Who? What? Where? When? and Why? The
significance should explain this event/persons impact on history.
From 5.2:
1. Boston Massacre
2. Boycott
3. Committee of Correspondence
4. Petition
5. Pontiac’s War
6. Repeal
7. Sons of Liberty
8. Stamp Act Congress
9. Writs of Assistance
10. John Adams
11. Samuel Adams
12. King George III
13. James Otis
14. Paul Revere
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From 5.3:
1. 1st Continental Congress
2. Boston Tea Party
3. Militia
4. Minutemen
5. Tea Act
6. Intolerable Acts
7. Battles at Lexington and Concord
8. From the dictionary:
a. Propaganda
b. Revenue
9. Thomas Gage
From 6.1:
1. 2nd continental congress
2. continental army
3. green mountain boys
4. loyalists
5. olive branch petition
6. patriots
7. from the glossary:
a. impressments
8. William Howe
9. George Washington
From 6.2:
1. Common Sense
2. Declaration of Independence
3. Unalienable Rights (natural rights)
4. John Hancock
5. Thomas Jefferson
6. Thomas Paine
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5.2 Causes of the Revolution: Control and Resistance
Listed below are policies created by the British government used to control the colonies in the 18 th
century. Many Americans resisted these Policies and defied the British Crown. Please define the policy
listed under British Control and explain what colonists did in response, and why each is significant.
British Control
Proclamation of 1763:
Colonial Resistance
Sugar Act:
Stamp Act:
Townshend Acts:
Quartering Act:
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Significance
5.3 Causes of the Revolution: Control and Resistance
Listed below are policies created by the British government used to control the colonies in the 18 th
century. Many Americans resisted these Policies and defied the British Crown. Please define the policy
listed under British Control and explain what the colonists did in response, and why each is
significant.
British Control
Tea Act:
Colonial Resistance
Intolerable Acts:
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Significance