Chapter 4 section 2 quiz

What was the Boston Tea Party and why was it important?

What was the Boston Tea Party and why was it important?

December 16, 1773 - Patriots disguised as Indians dumped 342 chests filled with 46 tons of East India Company tea into Boston Harbour; was to show an example to the rest of the colonies.

What were a series of laws passed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against British policies called?

Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts

Explain what happened at the Boston Massacre. What were the results?

March 5th, 1770- Soldiers were being taunted by many and they were saying "fire damn you fire”, fire bell was rung, there was no fire, many people came out to help but troops surrounded and shots were fired. 5 people killed, 8 wounded.

What was the Olive Branch Petition? How did King George III respond to them?

Petition sent to the King as a last attempt to prevent formal war, emphazized their loyalty to the British crown and their rights as citizens; King George refused to look at it and he denounced the Americans as “open and awoed enemies”

What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write? Why was it important?

Common sense; was important because it attacked the British Monarchy not Parliament, it impacted how colonists viewed their independence, and 150,000 copies were sold.

What were colonists that wanted independence from Britain called?

Whigs or Patriots

Who was the King of England from 1760-1820?

George III

What was the purpose of the non-importation movement?

Economy holds the power

To show that the colonists were not dependent on the British they signed.

They agreed they would not buy or sell British goods.

The movement united communities and colonies

Who was Samuel Adams and what group did he lead?

One of the most radical rebels; led the Massachusett radicals

What was the most important result of the events at Lexington and Concord

• Captured Samuel Adams

  800 British troops crossed the Cambridge and marched to Lexington

• April 19 early morning - 238 redcoats arrive at Lexington town square where 70 minutemen are already waiting.

• The British continued to Concord and when they arrived they burned all the militia's supplies

• 12 British soldiers were killed or wounded

List the Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts.

The Boston Port Act

New Quartering Act

The Impartial Admiration of Justice Act

Massachusetts Gov. Act

How did the people of Boston and surrounding areas react to the Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts?

Colonists were shocked; towns held meetings illegally, unauthorized legislative assemblies & stopped paying taxes to royal governor, collected weapons and gunpowder, etc.

List the facts about the 1st Continental Congress.

• Continental association of 1774

• 55 delegates

• First coordinated gathering of colonies to form policies

• 7 week meeting

• Massachusetts resist the British w/force

• Was to show that Americans could deny themselves the luxeries from Britian

What was the purpose of the Continental Association of 1774? List all the things it did.

• EACH COLONY ORGANIZE A COMMITTEE TO ENFORCE A BOYCOTT ON IMPORTED BRITISH GOODS

• DESIGNED TO SHOW THAT AMERICANS COULD DENY THEMSELVES THE LUXURIES FROM BRITAIN

• 7,000 MEN SERVED ON LOCAL COMMITTEES - MANY WOMEN HELPED

• COMMITTEES BECAME THE ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORK FOR THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT

• REQUIRED AN OATH NOT TO BUY BRITISH GOODS - IF YOU REFUSED - TARRED,FEATHERED, AND RUBBED IN PIG SHIT

Who said, "Give me Liberty or Give me death!"? Where was he from?

Patrick Henry, Virginia

Was the American Revolution a Civil War? Explain.

Yes, the war was fought in the U.S, 20 to 30% of the population (the loyalists) stayed loyal to the crown.

What were the results of the conflict known as Lexington and Concord? (a)

• Shot was fired, no one knows who fired, but British troops charged the minutemen.

• 8 killed, 10 wounded.

• Start of American revolution

• When the British tried going to Boston, they were ambushed the whole way back (a)

Who did the 2nd Continental Congress appoint as General of the New Continental Army?

George Washington

List the facts about Bunker Hill. (Battle of Bunker Hill)

• Showed up to Breed’s hill instead

• 1st major clash= June 17, 1775

• Fought for the control of Boston harbour (unoccupied hills)

• 2,400 British troops crossed over to Charlestown Peninsula

• first major battle of the American Revolution.

• British won but suffered many losses

• British took the high ground, 1,054 casualties, twice as many as the militiamen.

• 9-month stalement (no one winning) around Boston-Patriots in Boston treated like slaves

Explain what the Declaration of Independence is and why it is important?

• Is to explain the colonists' right to revolution.

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

• “All men created equal”

• Gave independence to the colonists

• Started the U.S