CHAPTER 5 REVIEW: “TOWARD INDEPENDENCE”

Mr. Meza

8th Grade U.S. History

1. DESCRIBE THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM IN THE COLONIES BEFORE THE YEAR 1763.

Before 1763 colonists elected leader to create laws and impose taxes.

2. EVALUATE THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. WHO WON THE WAR AND WHAT WAS TO BE GAINED?

Great Britain won the war in 1763 and gained the Ohio Valley and Canada.

3. HOW DID THE COLONIES REACT TO THE TOWNSHEND ACTS OF 1767?

The colonies reacted by boycotting British goods.

4. EXPLAIN HOW THE PROCLAMATION LINE OF 1763 AFFECTED THE AMERICAN INDIANS TO THE WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS AND THE COLONISTS TO THE EAST. WHICH GROUP WAS BETTER OFF AS A RESULT OF THE PROCLAMATION?

The Proclamation Line of 1763 kept the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountain.

5. ANALYZE THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. HOW DID GREAT BRITAIN RESPOND TO THE EVENT? WHY?

Great Britain responded with the Intolerable Acts. King George III was furious that tea was wasted.

6. THINK ABOUT ALL TAXES AND EVENTS IN THE COLONIES BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. EXPLAIN THE BRITISH ACTION THAT COLONISTS CONSIDERED TO BE AN ACT OF TYRANNY

Great Britain abused its powers by forcing colonists to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains.

7. ANALYZE THE STAMP ACT OF 1764. MORE THAN TAXES, WHAT DID COLONISTS RESENT FROM THE TAX?

They wanted to be represented in Parliament.

8. EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. WHAT WAS THE GOAL OF THE ASSEMBLY?

Members from 12 colonies met to discuss a solution to the conflict with Great Britain.

9. EXPLAIN HOW GREAT BRITAIN CHANGED ITS RELATION WITH THE COLONIES.

Great Britain became more involved in the colonies by imposing laws and taxes.

11. HOW DID COLONISTS FEEL AFTER THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD?

They felt very confident and eager to fight for their rights.

12. HOW DID GREAT BRITAIN RESPOND TO THE COLONIAL PROTESTS AGAINST THE STAMP ACT OF 1764?

The protests and actions of the colonists lead Parliament to repeal the act.

13. EVALUATE THE BOSTON MASSACRE. WHO WAS INVOLVED AND WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME? WHAT AFFECT DID IT HAVE ON THE COLONIES?

Bostonian protests turned violent which led British soldiers to shoot towards a crowd and kill five Bostonians. This event raised anti-British sentiments. Paul Revere creates an engraving of the event.

14. WRITE ABOUT THE GREAT AWAKENING AND THE IDEALS THAT CAME FROM THAT MOVEMENT.

A religious movement from the 1730s-1740s. Raised the ideas of liberty, self reliance, and equality.

15. WHY DO PEOPLE ADAPT TO DIFFERENT WAYS OF LIFE?

People have to adapt to their environment and make use of their natural resources.

16. HOW DID THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS AFFECT ENGLISH CITIZENS?

As English citizens, they were given fundamental rights

17. WHICH HISTORICAL DOCUMENT CAN BE COMPARED TO THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT?

The U.S. constitution explains how we are to govern ourselves.

TOPIC: ROAD TO REVOLUTION Geography Events Protagonists Taxes and Acts Effects

The Proclamation Line of 1763

John Adams served as an

attorney for the “enemy” after the

event

They are the Patriots

It was used to pay for the war

debt and the soldiers serving

to protect the colonists

The French claim the Ohio Valley and build Fort

Duquesne

Great Britain gained this as a

result of the French and Indian War

Colonial delegates met for the first time to

discuss the “British problem”

Illustrator of the famous “Boston

Massacre” engraving

The only one that was not repealed from a series of taxes imposed on the colonies

Great Britain responded with the Intolerable

Acts

The Massacre, the Teac Part and

the Intolerable Acts

The British realized that

Colonists were willing to give up their lives after

this

Who said: “I am not a Virginian…

but an American.”

The 4 laws that made up the

Intolerable Acts

The First Continental Congress

1775