Guided Reading Questions
Chapter 5: The American Revolution and Confederation
SHORT ANSWER (1-3 relevant and specific sentences)
1. Why was the First Continental Congress called?
2. Where all the Delegates to the First Continental Congress all like-minded?
3. What did the First Continental Congress accomplish?
4. What was the British response to the Congress?
5. What cause the conflict between the British and the colonies to erupt into battle?
6. When the Second Continental Congress meet, what were the two main ideas favored for
resolving the conflict with Britain?
7. Why was the Declaration of the Causes and Necessities for Taking Up Arms adopted?
8. What was the Olive Branch Petition designed to do? Why was it called “Olive Branch”?
9. What was Thomas Paine’s main argument in his pamphlet Common Sense?
10. What were American Tories and how did they get their name?
11. What event helped Americans turn the war in their favor more than any other?
12. What were the Articles of Confederation?
LONG ESSAY INTRO (Paragraph with a thesis sentence responding to all parts of the question.)
Use additional internet Research to help.
How Radical was the American Revolution?