Loyalists came home to angry mobs and some were

- Loyalists came home to angry mobs, and some were forced to
flee the country.

- Native Americans were pushed farther west and forced to sign
unfair treaties.
- Although emancipation took place in many northern states,
slavery continued in the South, and free African Americans gained few rights.
The Spreading of Revolutionary ideas:
- The Patriots' idea of liberty spread to other nations and helped
trigger revolutions around the world.
- Participants in the French Revolution of 1789 cited the American
precedent as inspiration for overthrowing their king and removing most of
France's aristocrats.
- In the nineteenth century, independent republics emerged
throughout Latin America.
- During the twentieth century, Africans and Asians began national
liberation movements.
Questions:
Causes of the Revolution
- What was one way that colonial governments differed from the British government? Colonists’
rights were defined by formal documents, British rights were defined by laws and tradition
- Why did the colonists so angrily protest the Stamp Act? They believed there should be no
taxation without representation.
- Why did parliament raise taxes on the colonies after the French and Indian War? To pay war
debts and keep the colonies safe
- What was the colonists’ main objection to the Stamp Act? The colonists did not want to be taxed
directly by Parliament
- What actions by the colonists surprised John Adams? The increase of political activity about
taxes
- Which of the following was included in Patrick Henry’s Virginia Resolves? Colonists could be
taxed only by colonial assemblies
- Why did Sons of Liberty form? To lead popular protests against the Stamp Act
- Why did colonists form committees to enforce non importation agreements? To ensure that
colonists observed the boycott of British goods
- Why did British soldiers open fire on colonists in the event known as the Boston Massacre?
Colonists had thrown rocks and snowballs at the soldiers

- What was the goal of the committees of correspondence? To provide unity and leadership for
anti-British colonists
- What was the purpose of the Boston Tea Party? To protest the tax Parliament had levied on tea
- Why did Parliament pass the coercive Acts? To punish colonist for the Boston Tea Party
- Which statement best describes the significance of the First Continental Congress? It showed
unified colonial opposition to the Coercive Acts
Declaration of Independence
- What did Congress send to King George III as a sign of peace? An “Olive Branch Petition”
- Why did colonial leaders convene a Provincial Congress to govern Massachusetts? Patriots
objected to Great Britain’s naming General Thomas Gage as governor
- Why did General Thomas Gage send soldiers to Lexington? To arrest colonial leaders in hiding
there
- Why did the Second Continental Congress ask George Washington to lead the Continental
Army? Washington was an experienced officer
- Why did the Second Continental Congress send an “Olive Branch Petition” to King George III?