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?