Download Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1763

Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1763 - 1783
Review Terms
Virtual Representation
Proclamation Line of 1763
Sugar Act
Admiralty Courts
Stamp Act
Stamp Act Congress
Committees of Correspondence
Sons of Liberty
Declaratory Act
Regulators
Townshend Acts
Boston Massacre
Tea Act and Tea Party
Coercive Acts
Quebec Act
Continental Congress
Lexington and Concord
Joseph Galloway
Olive Branch Petition
Thomas Paine and Common Sense
Declaration of Independence
American Exceptionalism
Battle of Saratoga
Treaty of Amity and Commerce
Marquis de Lafayette
Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris
Review Questions
Why did Britain feel the need to consolidate the empire after the Seven Years’ War?
How did Britain justify its control of and legislation for the colonies?
Why were the Sugar and Stamp Acts so controversial?
How did colonial and British views of the empire and the relationship between the colonies and
mother country differ?
In the 1760s, were the American colonists demanding new rights and freedoms?
What methods did the colonists use to resist British acts and make the British Parliament repeal
the various acts?
Why were crowd actions like the Stamp Act Riot a concern to many colonists?
How would the Townshend Acts have undermined the power of the elected colonial legislatures?
Who benefitted from the boycotts against British goods?
How did the Committees of Safety mobilize everyday Americans? How did they benefit from
revolution?
Why were Americans reluctant to declare independence?
Why did people like Joseph Galloway oppose the revolution?
What were British strengths and weaknesses in the war with the colonies? What mistakes did
Britain make?
Why did Britain focus on the South in the later years of the war?
Why was 1780 a low point for the Revolutionaries?
Why was the Treaty of Paris a significant diplomatic victory for the United States?