Chapter 5 IDS

  1. Albany Plan of Union
  2. Committees of Correspondence
  3. Declaratory Act
  4. George Greenville
  5. Intolerable Acts and Quebec Act
  6. Loyal Nine and Sons of Liberty
  7. Olive Branch Petition
  8. Patrick Henry
  9. Pontiac Uprising
  10. Proclamation of 1763
  11. Samuel Adams
  12. Second Continental Congress
  13. Stamp Act and Stamp Act Congress
  14. Suffolk Resolves
  15. Tea Act
  16. Thomas Paine and Common Sense
  17. Townshed Duties
  18. Virtual Representatives
  19. Writs of Assistance
  20. Sugar Act

Anticipation Guide: Enduring Vision/Chapter 5 Roads to Revolution 1750-1776

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1. Created at the Albany Congress, the Albany Plan of Union was the first universally adopted agreement amongst the colonies.

2. Victory in the French and Indian War was assured by the withdrawal of Indian forces and the organization of 40,000 colonists to fight in North America.

3. Victory in the French and Indian War tied the colonies and Great Britain together economically, politically and socially.

4. The Proclamation of 1763 was the most significant point of contention between the colonies and the British Government.

5. The Sugar Act was the first colonial law intended to generate revenue to offset the costs of military expenditures in the colonies.

6. Vice-admiralty courts were the preferred courts by colonials accused of violating the Sugar Act.

7. Internal taxes are levied on imports and external taxes are regulate trade.

8. Virtual representation meant that the colonists were allowed to be represented in Parliament by an elected official.

9. The Sons of Liberty and Loyal Nine committed acts of terrorism in opposition to the Stamp Act.

10. The repeal of the Stamp Act and the simultaneous passage of the Declaratory Act was a mixed victory for the colonists.

11. The Quartering Act crisis in New York indicated the ongoing distrust between colonial legislatures and Parliament.

12. The Revenue Act (Townshend duties) had the potential to weaken colonial legislatures.

13. Colonial nonimportation agreements were effective in assuring the repeal of the Revenue Acts.

14. Colonial women played a vital role in the resistance movement.

15. Samuel Adams committees of correspondence provided an effective method for inter-colony communication.

16. The Somerset decision had unintended effects on the colonies.

17. The Intolerable Acts signaled a turning point in colonial/British relations.

18. The colonial leaders at the First and Second Continental Congresses were hesitant to initiate an open revolution.

19. The greater historical significance of the Declaration of Independence lies in it's ideological argument and less in it's specific grievances towards the King of England.