American Yawp- Chapter 5

Both John Locke and George Whitefeild encouraged which of the following values?

questioning authority

Why did King George III issue the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and limit settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?

to limit wars with Native Americans

What was the key difference between the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act?

The Stamp Act was a new direct tax on individuals, while the Sugar Act modified a pre-existing duty

How did colonial women participate in protesting the Townshend Acts?

spinning homespun cloth to help trade boycott

During the 1760s, colonists protested the British governments efforts to collect more revenue using all of the following tactics except?

formally threatening to declare independence

The Second Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence over a year after the Revolutionary War began.

True

Why did Parliament pass the Tea Act?

to help the East India Company

In the Revolutionary War, which side was the first to offer freedom to enslaved men willing to fight for their cause?

british

Which American victory convinced French to enter the war against Britain?

saratoga

About how many former Loyalists left the US after Revolutionary War?

60,000