Chapter 4 US History

Who was one of the founders of the Sons of Liberty?

• Ben Fanklin

• Samuel Adams

• General Cornwallis

Which man was responsible for riding at night to warn the colonists about the British

• General Gage

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Jack Skellington

Thomas Paine was responsible for writing what document?

What did the Stamp Act do?

• 1. Required people to make stamp collections

• 1. Required people to buy special stamped paper for legal documents

• Gave colonists economical freedom

• Made Britain and colonists the best of friends

Which Acts placed INDIRECT taxes on imports such as glass and lead?

• Stamp Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Acts

• Intolerable Acts

The Intolerable Acts were laws placed on colonists after what event that angered England?

What was the biggest thing about the tea act that outraged the colonists?

• 1. Britain was going to use Splenda instead of real sugar

• It made tea really expensive

• It cut colonial merchants out of trade

• 1. It said soldiers could stay at their houses

After the Townshend Acts, many redcoats were stationed in the colonies. What incident occurred when there was a fight over jobs?

During which battle did colonists dig trenched and wait to see the whites of their eyes?

• 1. Bunker Hill

• Trenton

• Saratoga

• Battle of Lexington

Which country came to the aid of the Continental Army?