Leading up to the Revolution - Page 3

Questions
  • What was the agenda of the Radical Republican Reconstruction?
  • Why did King George III issue the Proclamation of 1763?
  • In what way was the American Revolution social and economic conflict?
  • What immediate action did the Second Continental Congress take in response to the fighting at Lexington and Concord?
  • Why were Loyalists treated so harshly by supporters of the Patriot cause?
  • How did the slogan "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" sum up the goals of the Revolution?
  • What did the colonists think of the Boston Tea Party?
  • What act did the British pass and impose on the Colonists after the Boston Tea Party?
  • How were the colonists punished for Boston Tea Party?
  • What prompted the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party?
  • What was the significance of the Boston tea party?
  • What happened as a result of the Boston Tea Party?
  • What did the loyalists think of the Boston Tea Party?
  • What were the consequences of the Boston Tea Party?
  • How did the Boston Tea Party lead to a revolution?
  • What did the Coercive Acts ban?
  • Who was Bernardo de Gálvez and why was he so important to the cause of American independence?
  • Why was it difficult to find and keep soldiers in the Continental Army?
  • What was the name of the British law that imposed taxes on such items as newspapers and the pamphlets in the American colonies?
  • What event sparked both the formation of a distinct American identity and a severing of cultural ties to Europeans?