Social Studies Ch. 5 Review

Which statement BEST explains why the colonists were angry about the Stamp Act?

• The Stamp Act was unfair b/c the colonists had no representation in Parliament.
• The Stamp Act taxed goods the colonists produced in America.
• The Stamp Act should also apply to Native Americans.
• The Stamp act taxed the colonists' land.

Which of the following was something the colonists did to oppose the Stamp Act?

• urge Native Americans to attack British troops in Boston.
• capture British cannons from Fort Ticonderoga.
• continue to settle in the Ohio River Valley.
• hang effigies of stamp agents and threaten them

Why did Great Britain repeal the Stamp Act?

• France invaded and conquered Great Britain.
• Great Britain earned enough money from the tax to repay its war debts.
• The Stamp Act had caused Native American revolts.
• The colonists were threatening stamp agents and boycotting British goods.

What set of laws placed new taxes on the colonists after the repeal of the Stamp Act?

• The Declaration of Independence
• The First Continental Congress
• The Townshend Acts
• The Sons of Liberty 

Which statement is true about the Boston Tea Party?

• The Boston Tea Party celebrated the arrival in the colonies of a new type of tea from England
• Colonists boarded a British ship in the night. They threw chests of tea into the sea.
• Patriots convinced Native Americans to destroy a British ship and its cargo of tea.
• The colonists were happy b/c Great Britain had repealed the tea tax.

Parliament passed a series of harsh laws in response to the Boston Tea Party. What name did the colonists give to those laws?

• Common Sense
• The Intolerable Acts
• The Townshend Acts
• The Olive Branch Petition

Where were the first two battles of the Revolutionary War fought?

• Lexington and Concord
• Trenton and Valley Forge
• Yorktown and Fort Ticonderoga
• Savannah and Charleston

What were two key actions of the Second Continental Congress?

• It declared war on Great Britain and sent the navy to attack British ships in Boston Harbor.
• It formed an alliance with France and sent the Patriot army to conquer the Spanish colony in Florida.
• It formed the Continental Army and sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III.
• It arrested the Patriots who had taken part in the Boston Tea Party and it published the pamphlet Common Sense.

Which statement BEST explains why the Second Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence?

• France convinced the Congress to declare war on Great Britain.
• The Congress declared the colonies independent b/c Great Britain refused to recognize certain rights.
• The Congress wanted to recognize Great Britain's dominion over the colonies.
• The Congress wanted to set up and American monarchy.

What was a key result of the capture of Fort Ticonderoga?

• The Patriots captured 59 British cannons. They took the cannons to Boston and forced the British to leave the city.
• The Patriot army was beaten badly.
• The Patriots gained control of all of the New York region.
• The German mercenaries switched sides to fight for the Patriots.