American Revolution Study Guide

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  1. 4. The policy practiced by England during the 17th and 18th centuries of not enforcing laws and leaving the American colonies relatively free to do as they pleased was known as:
  2. 6. What was Great Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party that included the closing of Boston Harbor?
  3. 7. The majority of Native Americans sided with the _____ during the French and Indian War.
  4. 10. Where were the first shots fired in the Revolutionary War? Lexington and _____
  5. 12. Because the French and Indian War was very expensive, the King passed many _____ on the colonists.
  6. 13. The French treated the Natives with _______ unlike the British.
  7. 15. Which event FIRST showed that tensions between the British and colonists would turn violent?
  8. 16. The Battle of ______ was so important to the war because the French joined the side with the colonists
  9. 18. Which law passed by Parliament led to a famous event where colonists dressed up as Native Americans and committed acts of vandalism and destruction?
  10. 20. The Declaration of Independence was written as a list of grievances against what king?
  11. 21. What was the name of the radical group founded by Samuel Adams in response to higher British taxes?
  12. 24. This was passed to make sure the colonies remained economically loyal to England
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  1. 1. What country helped colonists during American Revolution?
  2. 2. Which act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers?
  3. 3. What act limited colonists' westward movement past the Appalachian Mountains?
  4. 5. A former French and Indian War commander, this Virginia planter and politician was appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
  5. 8. The first person thought to have been killed in the Boston Massacre was thought to have been an African or African and Native American mixed descent. What was his name?
  6. 9. The main reason the colonists were upset about the new taxes was because they felt there should be no taxations without _______.
  7. 11. Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to enhance desire for independence
  8. 14. Which philosopher is associated with Enlightenment ideas used in colonies?
  9. 15. Once the sugar tax was passed colonists protested by ________; they refused to buy molasses and sugar.
  10. 17. rights that cannot be taken away
  11. 19. hiding and attacking quickly at the right movement; Colonist new way of fighting
  12. 22. The French and Indian War was a dispute between Britain and France over ____.
  13. 23. This group of colonists sided with the views of Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson during the war.