Study Guide
Chapter 4
Boston Tea Party
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The Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of tea
into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
Boston Massacre
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5 colonists shot dead by British soldiers outside a
Customs House.
Loyalists
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Colonists who stayed
loyal to the King.
Patrick Henry
Valley Forge
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Continentals Army’s
winter camp in
Pennsylvania.
Very cold and harsh.
In what battle did Washington surprise
the British on Christmas night?
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Battle of Trenton
Name the Virginia representative who
opposed British taxation.
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Patrick Henry
What are natural rights? List 3.
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Freedoms that cannot be taken away by
the government.
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of Happiness
Where did Cornwallis surrender to
Washington?
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Yorktown
Which act placed a tax on all printed
material?
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Stamp Act
Who did the British hire to fight in the
American Revolution?
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Hessians
Mercenaries
What famous pamphlet was written by
Thomas Paine?
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Common Sense
What treaty ended the American
Revolution?
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Treaty of Paris
Who chose George Washington to
lead the Continental Army?
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Second Continental
Congress
Who was the British General at
Bunker Hill?
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William Howe
Where did the Colonists get most of
their ideas about government?
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Great Britain
What similarities are there between the
British and Colonial governments?
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Both had two house
legislatures.
Name some ways the colonists
opposed British taxes.
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Boycott
Protests
Violence
Where was the “Shot Heard Round the
World” fired?
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Lexington
How did loyalists feel about the
Patriots?
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They thought they
were too radical.
Name two colonial advantages in the
war.
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Homefield
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Fighting for
their lives
How did the American Revolution
affect relations with Native
Americans?
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Tensions increased
How did British losses in the south
affect neutral colonists?
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Colonists began
supporting the
Patriots.
Explain why the colonists thought it
was unfair for the British to tax the
American Colonies.
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The colonists had no
representative in
British Parliament.
Virtual vs. actual
representation
They were willing to
pay taxes passed by
the colonial legislature