Leading up to the Revolution - Page 4
Questions
- Why did more Native Americans side with the British than with the Patriots?
- How did the goals of the Revolution guide Americans toward a more just society after the war?
- The 3rd amendment was due to what pre-Revolution act?
- What led up to the Boston Tea Party?
- Why were the British soldiers headed to Concord?
- What is the importance of sugar and molasses during the Sugar Act?
- What eighteenth-century movement from Europe brought new ideas to the colonies?
- Do you think colonial outrage over the Boston Massacre was justified?
- Who was the American colonists most important ally during the American Revolution?
- What is the name of the African American killed on March 5, 1770 in the Boston Massacre?
- What was the significance of Shays's Rebellion in Massachusetts in early 1787?
- How did the colonists resist British control?
- Why did the American Revolution start?
- When did Americans begin to resent British rule?
- What was the political body that represented Americans and challenged British control?
- How did the war go for the British before 1757? After 1757?
- Who do you think was at fault for the beginning of the Revolutionary War?
- How did the Boston Massacre stir up rebellion in Massachusetts?
- After the Stamp Act, what did those who opposed the British taxes begin to call themselves?
- What was the Boston Tea Party? When did it occur?