Social Studies Ch. 5

Who ran the first post office established by the Second Continental Congress?

A. Benjamin Franklin

to refuse to buy

A. Boycott

What happened when three East India Company ships arrived in Boston Harbor in 1773?

A. Colonists boarded the ships and threw chests of tea overboard.

Who was one of the five people killed in the Boston Massacre?

A. Crispus Attucks

benefited from the Tea Act

A. East India Company

Who refused to receive the Olive Branch Petition?

A. George III

ruler of Britain

A. George III

prevented supplies being shipped to Boston

A. Intolerable Acts

Which type of colonists sided with Britain?

A. Loyalists

authorized the printing of money and set up a post office

A. Second Continental Congress

The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of which area?

A. the Appalachian Mountains

What was the purpose of a committee of correspondence?

A. to circulate calls for action against Britain

British prime minister who acted against smuggling

B. George Grenville

German troops who fought alongside British troops

B. Hessians

colonists who wanted to remain British citizens

B. Loyalists

information designed to influence opinion

B. propaganda

The Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) were passed to punish colonists in Boston and in other parts of the colonies for taking part in the ______________________________.

Boston Tea Party

placed in charge of the post office

C. Benjamin Franklin

laws that punished the colonists for resisting British authority

C. Coercive Acts

soldiers commanded by George Washington

C. Continental Army

Who persuaded the House of Burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act?

C. Patrick Henry

Which colonists wanted to fight the British for American independence?

C. Patriots

Which act taxed almost all printed material in the colonies?

C. Stamp Act

taxed printed material

C. Stamp Act

Which act did the British government enact to try to stop smuggling?

C. Sugar Act

Who wrote Common Sense?

C. Thomas Paine

How did the king and Parliament view the American colonies?

C. as a source of funds

stuffed figures

C. effigies

Against whom did George Grenville convince Parliament to take action?

C. smugglers

Why was the Continental Congress formed?

C. to set up a political body that would challenge British control

In response to unpopular laws and acts of the British king and Parliament, the ______________________________ met in Philadelphia in September 1774.

Coninental Congress

colonists boarded tea ships and tossed chests of tea overboard

D. Boston Tea Party

To which location does "The shot heard 'round the world" refer?

D. Lexington and Concord

colonists who supported the war

D. Patriots

proposed that the colonies be free

D. Richard Henry Lee

Patriot leader at Breed's Hill

D. William Prescott

Which document did a British customs officer present in order to search a colonist's house?

D. a writ of assistance

How did colonial leaders use the Boston Massacre killings?

D. as propaganda

Which of the following demonstrated the colonists' desire for peace?

D. the Olive Branch Petition

legal document permitting searches

D. writ of assistance

As it repealed the Stamp Act, the British Parliament asserted its right to tax the colonies with the ____________________ Act.

Declaratory

violent act between colonists and British soldiers

E. Boston Massacre

placed in charge of the Continental Army

E. George Washington

taxed imported goods such as glass, tea, and paper

E. Townshend Acts

united protesters opposed to British rule

E. committees of correspondence

introduction

E. preamble

Why were the colonists angry about the Tea Act?

Even though the tax on tea was lower, the colonists did not want to pay any tax, and they did not want to be told what tea they could buy.

After the Boston Massacre, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts.

False

Where did the victory of the Green Mountain Boys take place?

Fort Ticonderoga

Great Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763 after the ______________________________War.

French and Indian

What was British General Thomas Gage ordered to do?

He had instructions to take away the weapons of the Massachusetts militia and arrest the leaders.

Who was the president of the Second Continental Congress?

John Hancock

In the mid-1770s, ____________________ declared that the colonies were in a "state of rebellion."

King George

What is the significance of the Battle of Lexington?

Lexington was the first battle against the British in the American Revolution.

The Suffolk Resolves were prepared in response to what acts of Parliament?

The Suffolk Resolves were resolutions that declared the Coercive Acts to be illegal and that called on the people of the county to arm themselves against the British.

Why did the colonists consider the Coercive Acts intolerable?

They felt that the acts violated their rights as English citizens.

What was the reaction of Parliament after the Boston Massacre?

They repealed all of the Townshend Acts except the one on tea

One result of the Boston Massacre was the repeal of the ____________________ Acts.

Townshend

Parliament passed the Tea Act to help save the British East India Company.

True

Patriots believed that the colonists should have the right to govern themselves.

True

The first battle for America's independence took place at Lexington.

True

The Sugar Act raised the tax on the molasses that the colonists imported.

false

Thomas Paine's writing called for the colonists to end their rebellion against the British.

false

A writ of assistance was a legal document that allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods.

true