Chapter 4

Road to Revolution and Victory

Study Guide

You should be able to answer the following key questions:

1) Why did Britain feel the need to pass the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act?

2) How did the Proclamation Act of 1763 change the boundaries of the English colonies?

3) Why did Britain send extra troops to Boston?

4) What was an example of propaganda used in 1770 to stir up support for the colonists?

5) How did colonists respond to Britain’s policy regarding taxation and the British East India Company ?

6) Where and how was Independence declared?

7) How successful were the American colonists in the early battles of the War for Independence?

8) Describe the format of the Declaration of Independence

9) Why was the American soldier a successful fighter?

10) What was George Washington’s role in the War?

11) Why did the British lose the war?

Townshend Acts

Declaratory Act

Common Sense

Battle of Saratoga

Thomas Jefferson

Loyalist

Treaty of Paris 1783