Chapter 6 : The Road to Revolution
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Section one : Tighter British control, pg.
157
1. What was the purpose of the
Proclamation of 1763? Draw a mini
map to show the Proclamation.
COLONISTS ARE FORBIDDEN TO MOVE WEST OF
APPLIACHIAN MTS.
2. Who was King George the III? What page is his
picture found?King of England during Rev. War
3. How did the king enforce the Proclamation of 1763?
10, OOO TROOPS
4. Parliament helped defray the cost of the troops in
the English colonies by passing a new law. What
was the name of the new law? Which amendment
to the constitution addresses this law? (page page
287) QUARTERING ACT, 3RD AMENDMENT
5. What is the name of the two acts that were passed
in 1765 and 1766? Why were these new Acts passed
by Parliament? SUGAR ACT, STAMP ACT to pay for
soldiers and English DEBT – From French and
Indian War
6. Why were the colonies upset with the
aforementioned acts? Threat TO THEIR POLITICAL
RIGHTS and NO REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT ,
7. What famous quote did the people begin to say? NO
TAXATATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
8. Who said, “If this be treason, make the most of it!”?
PATRICK HENRY
9. What non violent action did the colonist take to
protest the Stamp Act? BOYCOTT
10.
Remember to read the chapter! OK, LATER
Section 2: Colonial Resistance Grows (Page 161)
11.
What is Crispus Attucks famous? FIRST MAN
KILLED AT BOSTON MASSACRE, FORMER SLAVE
11.Was the Boston Massacre really a massacre? NO
12 What was the purpose of the Declaratory Act?
REMINDED COLONISTS THAT PARLIAMENT HAD
THE RIGHT TO TAX THEM and make laws about the
colonies
13 Read the chapter, OK LATER
14.What products did the Townshend Acts tax? PAPER,
PAINT, LEAD , GLASS, TEA
15. Define duties: TAXES ON IMPORTS
16. Define Writes of Assistance. SEARCH WARRANTS
USED TO ENTER HOMES OR BUSINESSES TO
SEARCH FOR SMUGGLED GOODS
17. How did the Daughters of Liberty support the
cause of Liberty? WOVE THEIR OWN CLOTH
18. What organization did Sam Adams lead? SONS OF
LIBERTY
19. What did John Adams do for the soldiers accused
of murder? WAS THEIR LAWYER
20. What was the purpose of the Tea Act? TO SAVE
EAST INDIAN TEA COMPANY , required colonist to
sell only the East Indian Tea
21. Define the Committees of Correspondence. A
COMMUNICATION GROUP, MADE SURE ALL
COLONIES WERE INFORMED OF THE WRONG
DOINGS OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
22. What prompted the Boston Tea party? TEA ACT
23. Why did colonist oppose the Townshend Acts? T
NO REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT, ONLY
THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAD THE RIGHT TO
TAX THEM
Section Three : The Road to Lexington and Concord
Page 169
24. Why did Britain pass the intolerable acts?
BOSTON TEA PARTY GREATLY UPSET PARLIAMEN:
Closed Boston Harbor, closed local governments,
sent more troops, sent British troops home for
trials
25. What did the colonist do to prepare for war?
FORMED MILITIAS
26. Why did Gage march is troops to the country side?
TO TAKE WAR SUPPLIES FROM THE PATRIOTS
27. Did the troops take the water route or the land
route? WATER
28. Define the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Who won? FIRST BIG BATTLE OF REV. WAR. 73
DEAD BRITISH, AMERICAN COLONIAL VICTORY
29. Define Loyalist and Patriot. LOYALIST WANTED TO
REMAIN PART OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE,
PATROITS WANTED TO FORM THEIR OWN
COUNTRY
Section 4 : Declaring Independence page 177
30. Who surrounded Boston? 15,000 MILITIA
31. Where did the cannons come from? FT.
TICONDEROGA
32. What was the name of the American army? Who
was its leader? CONTINENTAL ARMY ,
WASHINGTON
33. Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill? BRITISH at
great cost, about 600 dead
34. Define the Olive Branch petition. Did it work?
LETTER TO KING GEORGE ASKING FOR PEACE , NO
35. Who wrote Common Sense? THOMAS PAINE
36. What is the main point of Common Sense? WE
ARE BETTER OFF AS A SEPARATE COUNTRY
37. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas JEFFERSON
38. When was the D of I adopted? JULY 4 1776
39. Be able to write the following from memory
(page 184) We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,
Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to
secure these rights, Governments are instituted
among Men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed, — That whenever any
Form of Government becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to
abolish it,