Leading up to the Revolution - Page 2
Questions
- Why do you think European nations supported the colonists rather than Great Britain?
- How did colonists react to the Tea Act?
- Why did England passed the Stamp Act in 1765?
- What was the Committees of Correspondence?
- Why did King George lIl forbid colonists from setting in the Ohio River Valley atter it was gained by Britain from France?
- What advantages did the British hope to gain by limiting westward settlement in 1763?
- Who defended the British soldiers who were in the Boston Massacre?
- How did some colonists get around the Navigation Acts?
- What event triggered the Proclamation of 1763?
- Why did Daniel Shays try to attack a federal building that held weapons?
- What reasons might a Loyalist have for opposing the American Revolution?
- Great Britain required more taxation from the colonies because of which event?
- What was the Townsend Act?
- Why did most southern states not allow slaves to fight in the American Revolution?
- Why did the British plan to seize control of Albany, New York, in 1777?
- To what extent were the colonists influenced by European ideas and political developments during the American Revolution?
- What are two ways that the Navigation Acts benefited England, and the colonies?
- In what way was the American Revolution social and economic conflict?
- What was Britain's reaction to the Boston Tea Party?
- What immediate action did the Second Continental Congress take in response to the fighting at Lexington and Concord?