ORIGINAL POST
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History Study Guide
The American War for Independence
Chapter 10 Study Guide
1. Who was King of England after the French and Indian War in 1763?
2. What was the Stamp Act?
3. What items were stamps put on?
4. What is a tax?
5. A representative is a .
6. Who were the colonists allowed to sell their products to?
7. What other items did King George tax?
8. How did the colonists react?
9. What did the colonists call the British soldiers?
10. Who was Crispus Attucks?
11. What was the Boston Massacre?
12. Did England think the taxes were worth the trouble?
13. What one item continued being taxed?
14. What was the Boston Tea Party? What year did it happen?
15. Where did the patriots meet to discuss what to do next?
16. What was the meeting called?
17. Who were the patriots?
18. Who were the loyalists or Tories?
19. Who were the Minute Men?
20. Patrick Henry said “Give me liberty or give me death!”
21. In what town in the colonists secretly store weapons?
22. Who rode through the countryside warning colonists “The British are coming!”?
23. What is the first shot of the American Revolution known as?
24. What two decisions came from the Second Continental Congress in 1775?
25. What is a trench?
26. What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
27. Who overtook Fort Ticonderoga from the British and why?
28. What action by King George crushed the hopes that the colonies could become English again?
29. Who were the Hessians?
30. Why did King George have to hire outside armies?
31. What document was to be written stating the reasons why the colonists wanted their independence?
