Unit 2 Review (American Revolution)

Why do historians believe the French and Indian War was one of the causes of the American Revolution?

• Parliament thought the colonists were responsible for the French and Indian War

• France gained a bunch of land after the F and I War and Britain was unable to control it

• The British were in great debt after the Seven Years' War and tried to recover by taxing the colonists

On which side did the Cherokee of SC fight during the French and Indian War?

• The British and colonists

• The French

• They remained neutral

For the most part, the Native Americans

• Remained neutral throughout the F and I War

• Allied with the French against the British and colonists

• Allied with the British and colonists against the French

After the Cherokee War, a treaty was signed which resulted in the Cherokee

• Gaining a TON of land and a new boundary for the colonists

• Losing a lot of their land and a new boundary for the colonists

• Creating a new, close relationship with the colonists that would last the test of time

The Sugar Act

• Required colonists to buy sugar weekly, directly from GB

• Was an indirect tax

• Irritated the colonists but didn't cause them to protest

• all of the answers are correct

This was the slogan the colonists used to protest the new taxes, especially the Stamp Act

• No Stamps, No Paper!

• No Taxation Without Representation!

• No Sugar! No Paper! No Tea!

Taxation without Representation means

• Being taxed without having a voice in government

• Being taxed without legal representation

• Being taxed without a visit to the hospital

The Tea Act

• made tea not taste as good

• made tea more difficult to get

• gave the East India Trading Company (GB's) a monopoly on tea trade

• made tea so expensive that the poor had to resort to drinking coffee

The Sons (and Daughters) of Liberty often

• Campaigned for the Tea Act as they thought it would bring in good money to the colonies

• Organized protests and boycotts against American goods and stores

• Organized protests and boycotts against British goods and stores

Who were the four SC signers of the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Lynch Jr,...

• Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter, Christopher Gadsden

• Arthur Middleton, Thomas Heyward, Jr, Edward Rutledge

• Christopher Gadsden, Arthur Middleton, Charles Pinckney