chapter 5 study guide history

-As a result of King George’s decision to hire German soldiers, governing the colonies became even more expensive for Britain.

-Colonists caused repeal of the Stamp Act of 1766 by refusing to buy British goods.

-Declaring independence from Britain was the solution to colonial problems as written by Thomas Paine in Common Sense.

-The factor that helped the Americans fight against the British and be successful was that they had the control of the high ground.

-Militiamen were able to occupy Bunker Hill before the British because they were able to seize both hills.

-The colonial militia started storing arms after they realized that they might have to fight.

-Thomas Paine published Common Sense to convince colonists in favor of American independence.

-The capture of Fort Ticonderoga gave the Second Continental Congress leverage to petition the king in the summer of 1775.

-George Washington’s first victory as the head of the Continental Army came in Boston.

-King George’s decision to hire Hessians as mercenaries proved to the Americans that the British were planning to crush them economically and militarily.

-The main purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to declare the 13 colonies were free and independent states.

-Colonists on the western frontiers responded to the Proclamation of 1763 by ignoring the law and continued to move west.

-We can infer that the First Continental Congress’s decision to cut off trade with Britain and Ireland would be effective for them.

-“The shot heard round the world” referred to the fighting at Concord which inspired many others to fight for freedom.

-When the British governor disbanded the Massachusetts Assembly, he limited the rights of the colonists to establish their own representative governments.

-The British canceled the Stamp Act after the colonists protested against it.

-The battle of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775 was the first battle of the American Revolution.

-The Daughters of Liberty contributed to colonial resistance by weaving their own cloth.

-Representative from all the colonies had voting rights in Congress which gave the Continental Congress the right to speak for the united colonies.

-The Townshend Acts increased British control over the colonies by raising revenues to pay colonial governors and judges directly.

-George Washington became the commander in chief of the colonial forces (Continental Army).

-The Intolerable Acts took away the rights of citizens to elect representatives to the bodies that governed them.

-The purpose of the ride by Paul Revere was to warn Massachusetts militia that the British forces were planning to attack.

-The final draft of the Declaration of Independence differed from the first in that it did not list slavery as one of the king’s offenses.

-British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

-John Adams’s defense of the British soldiers who took part in the Boston Massacre was supported by the fact that the mob attacked them with snowballs, ice and clubs.

-The First Continental Congress passed the resolution to end all trade with Britain and Ireland.

-The Hessians fought as mercenaries for the British.

-The Boston Tea Party led to the passage of the Intolerable Acts.

-Prime Minister George Grenville’s policy toward the colonists was that they should tax them directly to pay for the war debt.

-Paul Revere engraved prints that helped sway public opinion against Britain.

-Two British soldiers were found guilty of murder due to the events of the Boston Massacre.

-The Currency Act of 1764 tightened control of the colonial economy to make the colonies pay for housing British soldiers.

-Colonists threatened and sometimes attacked the officials who tried to implement the Stamp Tax.

-The Sons of Liberty resisted the Townshend Act by boycotting British goods.

-The British government needed extra revenue in 1763 to recoup the cost of victory in the French and Indian War.

- French and Indian militiamen fought with British soldiers and not against them. This was the difference between them and Revolutionary militiamen.

-The Patriots supporting colonial independence was a result of the fighting at Lexington and Concord.

-What happened first at the Boston Massacre was that a British soldier hit a boy with his gun.

-The Intolerable Acts strengthened the Quartering Act by allowing soldiers to take over private homes.