DIRECTIONS: During this unit, we will discuss
basic concepts surrounding the Road to
Revolution. Complete the essential
questions for each topic using classroom discussions, class notes, your text
book, and www.mrgigliotti.com.
This guide through the material can be used to help you compose your
History Journal short essay questions, study for tests and quizzes and answer
questions during classroom review sessions.
Road to Revolution
Timeline of Events
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1754 -1763- The French &
Indian War 1763 - 1764 - The Sugar Act 1765 - The Quartering Act &
Stamp Act 1766 - The Declatory
Act 1767 - Townshend
Acts |
1770 - The 1770 - 1772 The Quiet Period 1772 - The Gaspee
Incident 1773 - The Tea Act & Boston Tea
Party 1774 - The Intolerable Acts 1775 - |
The Road to
Revolution Key Terms
A.
Key Terms:
1. A colonist
is ______________________________________________________________?
2. The English
are ___________________________________________________________?
The French and
Indian War (Seven Years War 1754-1763)
B.
North American Map Review and Introduction:
1. Maps can often illustrate various historical
events and changes. Look at the two maps
below.
What nations controlled parts of
map of
map of
C.
Life in the Colonies:
1. Prior to 1754, people in the colonies enjoyed
_______________ like no other place in
the
______________?
2. The colonies had _______________ natural
resources, thousands of acres of available
_______________,
and a large amount of _______________ government?
D.
A Bigger World:
1. The colonies were often affected by
______________ that took place in other parts of the
_______________ such
as
2. European nations such as
often at
_______________ with one another and sometimes those ______________ spilled
over into the
______________?
3. Prior to 1754, _______________ and
_______________ had fought three major
______________ which
included: King Williams War (1688-1697),
Queen Anns War (1702-
1713), and King Georges War (1744-1748). These _______________ were each part of
larger European
conflicts that included fighting in
E.
The
1. Both
2. The English had built _______________ near
the Forks of the ______________ River?
3. The French sent their _______________ allies
to attack and destroy the English
_______________ near
the
4. The French also build a chain of
_______________ between ______________ and the
5. Land speculators in
River near which the
French had built their _____________?
6. To secure
officer in the
to
_______________?
F.
Fighting Along the Banks of the
1. When the French refused to _______________,
George _______________ returned to the
Forks
of the _______________ with an army of 150
_______________ a
small French force?
2. Although initially
_______________ attacked and built another
fort named
the
3. To defend against the French _______________
attack,
constructed fort
he named
4. Outnumbered 4 to 1,
_______________ at
the battle of Great Meadows on
5. This series of events led to the beginning of
the _______________ which was part of a larger
world war known as the _______________?
6. The _______________ War was fought between the _______________ and the
_______________ against
the _________________ and their ________________ allies?
G.
The
1. Each of the 13 colonies fielded a
_______________ or an army, to fight with the regular
English troops against the French and the Indians.
2. At a meeting in
suggested that
the colonies _______________ their militias in order to defend the colonies
and fight the
French?
3. His plan was _______________ by both the
colonies and the king; however it was the first
time that anyone
had suggested _______________ the colonies?
4. Why do you think that the colonies would be
opposed to uniting their militias? Why
might the English
king have forbad a united colonial army?
H.
English Defeats and French Victories:
1. The English general sent to the colonies to
lead the British army against the French was
named General
_______________?
2. General ____________ colonial aid was none
other than _______________?
3. General _______________ decided to attack Fort Duquesne using _______________
style
warfare in which
soldiers stood in straight lines out in the open even though
________________ had warned him that the
French would be fighting much like the
_______________ and
hiding behind cover?
4. At the Battle
of the Wilderness, the English were _______________ very badly and General
_______________ was _______________?
5. With the Battle
of the Wilderness and other British _______________ around the world, the
war was not going
well for _______________?
I.
A New English Leader:
1. The group of legislators who make laws in
2. The leader of the _______________ is known as
the _______________?
3. In 1757, William _______________ became
_____________ of
4. Pitt felt that even though the English also
were fighting the French in
the English
should focus on winning the war in _______________ first?
5. What THREE improvements did William
Pitt make to win the French and Indian War?
a. b. c.
J.
The Tide Turns in Favor of
1. With Pitts efforts the war begins to turn in
favor of the _______________?
2. The English are able to capture
after their Prime
Minister?
3. The city of _______________ now stands were
Forks of the
4. The English are also victorious in several
other _______________ in
around the world?
K.
The
1.
2. The English general at the Battle of Quebec was named
_______________?
3. The French general at the Battle of Quebec was named
______________?
4. The English army under the command of
_______________ surprised the French forces by
_______________ the
steep cliffs around the city during the night?
5. The French were _______________ at the Battle of Quebec on the Plains
of ______________?
L.
The Treaty of
1. With English
_______________ in
War (Seven Years War) was ended in 1763 with
the signing of the
Treaty of _______________?
2. As a result of the Treaty of Paris the French were forced to give up all claims to
_______________ and
M.
Results of the French and Indian War:
1. Although the English were victorious over
2. The English felt that the _______________
should pay for the war?
3. To raise money, the English will begin to
place a series of ______________ on the colonists
and begin to
strictly enforce the Navigation Acts?
4. The Colonists saw during the war that the
English army was not _______________?
5. After the war, many colonists begin to think
that now that the French were no longer a threat
who needs the
_______________ anymore?
A Growing Rift
N.
Colonial Unity and Disunity:
1. Each one of the original 13 Colonies was
_______________ and ______________?
2. The colonies were not ______________ in anyway
and had little to do with one another?
3. After the French and Indian War, the colonist
realized that even though they were all very
different, they did
all had one thing in common which was _______________?
O.
Pontiacs Rebellion (1763):
1. After the French and Indian War, English
settlers began to move ______________ into land
already occupied
by _______________?
2. Native Americans near the
_______________ began to _______________ these
English settlements?
3. Although the Native Americans were somewhat
successful in their attacks, they were never
able to take the
English ______________?
4. General _______________ decided to use a form
of biological warfare against the Native
Americans by giving them blankets infected
with _______________?
5. After a decisive battle in
_______________ by
the English?
P.
The Proclamation Line of 1763:
1. The English realized that an
_______________ would be needed to protect western colonial
settlers from
future Native American attacks and that maintaining such an _______________
would be very
_______________?
2. With little money to spend on the further
defense of the colonies, the British passed a law
know as the Proclamation of 1763 which stated that
colonists could not move
_______________ of
the
3. Colonists _______________ the Proclamation of 1763 and many colonists
disobeyed the
law?
Q.
What Does
1. After the French and Indian War, the
relationship between the ______________ and
_______________ began to sour.
2. The French and Indian War left
_______________ should pay for the war and
their own defense?
3. The English began to place a series of
______________ on the colonists and also begin to
strictly enforce
the _______________?
4. The Colonists did not feel that they should
have to pay these new _______________ because
they had no
_______________ in the English Parliament?
R.
Getting What the English Want:
1. Prime Minister Grenville
decides that not only should the colonists have to pay new
_______________, but that the
________________ must be strictly enforce in order to raise
money for the
English Treasury?
2. The _______________ required that all ships
carrying cargo from the colonies to
go through
_______________ first, to support the economic theory of _______________?
3. Admiralty _______________ with English
judges were set up to try those people who
violated the Navigation Acts?
4. A Writ
of _______________, was an English _______________ that allowed the
authorities
to search for
anything, anywhere, and at anytime?
5. The English would used
_______________, known as _______________ because
of their bright
red uniforms, as policemen in order to enforce the laws?
Troublesome Taxes
S.
The Sugar Act (1764):
1. The Sugar
Act was an English tax on _______________ from the
2. Another word for a tax on an item is a
______________?
3. Even though the Sugar Act only effected a small number of colonists, the colonists
_______________ the act until it was
eventually lowered?
T.
The Quartering Act (1765):
1. The Quartering
Act required that colonists allow English _______________ to live in their
homes?
2. Give TWO reasons why the English would
want to establish the Quartering Act?
a.
b.
U.
The Stamp Act (1765):
1. The Stamp
Act was an English tax on all _______________ products?
2. Colonists reacted
_______________ to the Stamp Act
and _________________ broke out
in nearly all of
the major colonial cities?
3. Colonists stated that since they did not have
_______________ in Parliament that
they did
not have to pay the
tax?
4. The colonists famous
slogan to express this idea was: _____________________________?
5. The colonists stated that they would only pay
taxes passed by Colonial _______________
were they had
_______________?
6. A meeting in
deal with the Stamp Act was called
_______________?
7. When a _______________ to the King and
Parliament did not work, colonial leaders
established a
______________ of all British goods in the colonies?
8. A boycott
is: ______________________________________________________________?
9. A group of angry colonists led by
_______________ known as the ______________ enforced
the boycott through the use of
_______________ means?
10. Eventually, because English business were
losing money due to the boycott
_______________ or
took away the Stamp Act in 1766?
11. Parliament did however also pass a law known
as the _______________ which stated that
Things Heat Up!
V.
The Townshend Acts (1767):
1. In 1767,
the colonies such
as _______________________________________________________?
2. The colonists once again began a boycott known as the _______________?
3. The _______________ was unsuccessful because
colonists were not as angry about the
Townshend Acts as
they were about the _______________?
4. Why do you think that the colonists were not
as upset about the Townshend Acts as they
were about the Stamp Act? What is the difference between a Direct and an Indirect tax?
W.
The
1. The City of Boston was a hotbed of
anti-British activities largely because of the
_______________ who often tormented
British Soldiers within the city?
2. In March of 1770, a group of angry colonists
began to _______________ British soldiers
guarding a
customs house in
3. Many of the colonists tossed _______________
with rocks inside them at the British soldiers
and some of the
colonists even brandished large clubs?
4. Tensions rose between the colonists and the
British soldiers until the redcoats
accidentally
_______________ on
the crowd who had gathered to protest them.
5. When the smoke cleared, five colonists had
been _______________ including
_______________ who
was a freed slave and is often considered the first causality of the
American Revolution?
6. Some of the British soldiers who fired the
shots were put on trial in
and were
represented by _______________, the finest lawyer in
7. Member of the Sons of Liberty used the incident as _______________?
8. Propaganda
is: ___________________________________________________________?
9. Look a Paul Reveres
famous carving of the Boston Massacre
below. What do you see
taking place in
the picture below? From whose point of
view was it created? How might this
picture effect
the colonists perception of the British?
X.
Colonial Leaders:
1. After the Boston Massacre leaders in each of the colonies began to
communicate news
about the British
in their colonies by circulating letters to one another in what was known as
the Committee of_______________?
2. List at least FOUR colonial leaders
below. You should also indicate which
colony they are
from in the chart
provided.
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Y.
The Quiet Period (1770-1772):
1. After the Boston Massacre in 1770, a calm period of time in which tensions
between the
colonies and
2. The new King of England at this time was
named King _______________?
Z.
The Gaspee Incident (1772):
1. The HMS
Gaspee was a British _______________ that ran
aground off the coast
of ______________
in 1772 while enforcing the Navigation
Acts?
2. The Sons
of Liberty _______________ the ship and placed its captain on
_______________
for stealing
colonial goods?
3. While the Sons of Liberty used the Gaspee Incident
as _______________ this action
effectively ended
the Quiet Period?
AA. The Tea Act (1773):
1. The British government gave the
_______________ Tea Company a
_______________ on
all tea sold in
the colonies?
2. A monopoly
is: ____________________________________________________________?
3. Colonists feared that if the British could
impose a _______________ on tea, they might also
impose monopolies
on other items which would hurt colonial businesses and allow
control the price
of these items?
4. Colonists worried that if they
_______________ the tea it would appear that they
_______________ with
the Tea Act?
AB.
The
1. Meetings were held in
to
_______________?
2. When the royal governor of
dressed up like
_______________, boarded the tea ships
in
____________ the
tea into the ocean? This was known as
the _______________?
3. Many colonists supported the _______________
and tea ships in other cities were ordered by
the British to
return to _______________?
AC. The Intolerable Acts (1774):
1. The Intolerable
or Coercive Acts were laws imposed by King George III on
_______________
2. King George III wanted
colonies that he
was in _______________?
3. List and Describe the SIX parts of the
Intolerable Acts below:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
AD. The First Continental Congress (1774):
1. Although the Intolerable Acts only affected the people in
people in other
colonies feared that the same thing could happen in their _______________?
2. Representatives from several colonies met in
_______________ in order to decide what to do
about the Intolerable Acts?
3. The members of the First Continental Congress agreed to _______________ all British
goods until the Intolerable Acts were _______________?
4. The members of the First Continental Congress also agreed that each colony should
begin
forming and
training a _______________ or citizen _______________?
5. The First
Continental Congress also agreed to _________________ the people of
smuggling in
supplies, to ______________ again and even discussed _______________ the
colonies?
AE.
1. General ______________ was placed in charge
of
British ______________?
2. _______________ sent 700 of his redcoats out of
remove weapons
from an _______________ in
members of the Sons of Liberty such as Samuel Adams?
3. An arsenal
is: ________________________________________________________?
4. Colonists named _______________ and
______________ warned citizens along the road
between
5. Those warnings alerted the _______________
who were members of the militia who
promised to be
ready at a _____________ notice?
6. Seventy Minutemen
met the advancing British army in the town of _______________ and
refused to let
the British pass?
7. During this encounter a _______________ rang
out and the two sides exchanged fire.
This
was known as the
_______________?
8. After
to
_______________?
9. Another small battle took place on
_______________ and
the British in which the colonists were _______________?
10. The British began a long and bloody march
back to
of _______________
using _______________ tactics firing behind trees and stones?
11. The Battle
of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the _______________?