APUSH Chapter 5
Apart from respectfully requesting a repeal of the Stamp Act, what else did influential Americans suggest for peaceful resistance in 1765?
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How did British politicians respond to Benjamin Franklin's argument that Americans deserved representation in Parliament before they could be taxed?
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How did chancellor of the exchequer Charles Townshend seek to undermine American political institutions in his Revenue Act of 1767?
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How did the American "Daughters of Liberty" contribute to the colonists' fight against the Townshend duties of 1767?
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How did the Massachusetts assembly defy Parliament in 1775?
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How did the king respond to the formation of the Second Continental Congress in May 1775?
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In 1775, what did William Pitt propose that American colonists should do in exchange for Parliament renouncing its power to tax the colonies and its recognition of the Continental Congress as a lawful body?
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In Great Britain, which political faction supported American protests against the Stamp Act?
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Lord Dunmore, in response to Patriots seizing authority in the House of Burgesses in Virginia, formed a military force consisting of which groups, to whom he promised freedom if they served under the British flag?
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To display their deep contempt for the Coercive Acts, what did Patriots call them?
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What explains the high number of casualties the British suffered in their campaign against Concord?
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What happened after British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston on March 5, 1770, killing five townspeople?
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What impact did Thomas Paine's Common Sense have on the debate for independence?
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What percentage of the white population in the American colonies was loyal to the crown?
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What was the chief philosophical influence for Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence?
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Which act of 1774 extended legal recognition to Roman Catholics in French regions of Canada, stirring old religious hatreds between Catholics and Protestants, especially in New England?
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Who authored Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, which contended that the taxes passed by Parliament were being imposed without Americans' consent?
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Why did Lord North repeal the Townshend duties in 1770?
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Why did Loyalists withdraw from the Second Continental Congress in June 1776?
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Why did Thomas Gage send 700 British troops to Concord in April 1775?
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Why did southern slave owners join the cause of the largely urban-led Patriot movement?
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Why was Patrick Henry's attack against the Stamp Act so radical?
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Why was Pennsylvania's claim on the region around Fort Pitt more compelling than Virginia's?
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Why was the Declaratory Act so threatening to colonists?
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Why were veteran officers of the Seven Years' War interested in westward expansion?
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According to the royal governor of Massachusetts Francis Bernard, what applied to British subjects in Britain but not to American colonists?
According to the royal governor of Massachusetts, the British had <the right to direct representation in Parliament> but not the American colonies.
How did Prime Minister George Grenville first try to address the revenue problem with the American colonies?
George Grenville first passed <the Currency Act of 1764> to try to address the revenue problem with the American colonies.
Why did New England merchants oppose the Sugar Act of 1764?
New England merchants opposed to the Sugar Act of 1764 <in fear of their smuggling of French molasses to be wiped out>
Who did Parliament decide to tax first when the British Empire found itself deep in debt in the wake of the Great War for Empire (1754-1763)?
Parliament decided to tax <the poor and middle class of Britain>
Where did the First Continental Congress meet in September of 1774?
The First Continental Congress met in <Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia>
Why did the Stamp Act Congress meet?
The Stamp Act Congress met because <
The Tea Act of 1773 benefited which group?
The Tea Act of 1773 benefited <the British and monopolized the British East India Company>
What constitutional principle was Parliament asserting with passage of the Stamp Act?
The constitutional principle that Parliament asserted with passage of the Stamp Act was that they could <bypass colonial assemblies and impose an internal tax o the colonies>
What was the primary American complaint against being tried in vice-admiralty courts, as stipulated by the Sugar Act of 1764?
The primary American complaint against being tried in vice-admiralty courts as stipulated by the Sugar Act of 1764 was that <it ran by British appointed judges> and closed the legal loophole by extending the jurisdiction to all custom offenses.
To help pay the enlarged British national debt in the 1760s, Parliament passed an increase in sales taxes also known as what?
To help pay the enlarged British national debt in the 1760s, Parliament passed an increase in sales taxes also known as the <Excise taxes>
Under which policy did the British prohibit white settlement west of the frontier line along the Appalachians?
Under the <Proclamation Act of 1763> the British prohibit white settlement west of the frontier line along the Appalachians.