Exam 5: Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The first colonial crisis to develop after 1763 was over the Tea Act.

In response to the Boston Port Act, colonists organized the First ____________________.

George Washington was named military commander of the Continental Army because he had military experience and was from a region outside of the northeast.

The citizens committee responsible for enforcing sanctions against England in 1775 was known as the ____________________.

Women did not participate in the resistance.

Colonial assemblies set up committees of correspondence to

During the 1760s, the Hudson Valley was the scene of widespread tenant unrest.

The religious group in North America that led the attack on slavery were the

The Cherokee War

____________________ led the first wave of opposition to the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses.

Outline the final imperial crisis of 1773-1775 that led to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.

In Virginia, ____ drafted resolutions solutions in 1765, which stated that colonists could be taxed only by their own assemblies.

Merchants adopted ____________________ to pressure England to repeal the Stamp Act.

The primary purpose of the Townshend Revenue Act was not to generate revenue.

Which of the following statements is not true concerning the New England Restraining Act?

The actual monetary loss resulting from the tea destroyed in Boston Tea Party was small.

Volunteer colonial militia who were ready to defend their communities at a moment's notice were called ____________________.

The Second Continental Congress operated as an American equivalent of Parliament.

What was the "Feudal Revival" and in what ways did it help generate rural participation in the revolutionary movement?

The use of old charters to take income from settlers was known as the ____________________.