Chapter 5 Study Guide
*The Chapter 5 assessment will be open book
Things to know:
-Vocabulary words (located in S.S. folder)
-The Stamp Act- taxed mostly paper goods
-The Tea Act- taxed tea
-The Townshend Acts-taxed led glass and paint
-The difference between a loyalist and a patriot- Patriots
supported the colonists. Loyalists supported the English Crown.
-The Boston Tea Party-patriots dumped tea into the Boston
Harbor
Possible Topics:
Why did Parliament tax the colonies?
- to pay for war
How did the colonists protest the taxes?
-boycotts, refusal to import, refuse to use British goods
What was the Quartering Act?
- it gave British soldiers the right to live in colonists homes
Which Colonies attended the First Continental Congress?
-all of the colonies except of Georgia
What event started the Revolutionary War?
-Minutemen attacked British Soldiers at Lexington
What did the First Continental Congress do?
-created a Declaration of Rights, wrote letters of complaint,
called for a boycott
What did the Second Continental Congress do?
-it created an official army
Why were some colonists Loyalists?
-they were afraid of an unknown future.
Who wrote the draft of the Declaration of Independence?
-Thomas Jefferson
Which N.J. leader did NOT sign the Declaration of
Independence?
-William Franklin
What did the signers of the Declaration Pledge?
-lives, fortunes, sacred honors
What risk did the signers of the Declaration of Independence
take?
-being arrested for treason
Possible Essay Questions
 Be able to list the signers of the Declaration of
Independence from New Jersey
 Be able to describe what caused the colonists to be
especially angry about British taxes.
 Be able to sequence the following:
-Second Continental Congress, Quartering Act, Boston
Tea Party, Battle of Lexington and Concord, Signing the
Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Rights
 Be able to describe by the signers of the Declaration of
Independence took a big chance in going to war.