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?