Question

timeline skills
analyze the unit 2 timeline in the student text. also think about what you have learned in this unit. then answer the following questions.

1. which two countries fought each other in the french and indian war?
2. why did british parliament meet with protests from the colonists in the years right after the french and indian war?
3. what two events occurred in boston that caused tension between british parliament and the colonists?
4. when and why did the first continental congress meet?
5. what two important documents were published in 1776? which document could be considered a “cause” and which could be considered an “effect”? explain.
6. what happened at lexington and concord? when did this occur?
7. when and where did the war for independence from great britain begin? did it begin before or after the declaration of independence was issued?
8. why were the battles of trenton and princeton significant? how many years were there between these two battles and the end of the american revolution?
9. name one factor that enabled the continental army to defeat the british army in the revolution.

Explanation:

1. The French and Indian War was fought between France and Great - Britain over territorial claims in North America.
2. After the French and Indian War, the British Parliament imposed new taxes on the colonists to pay for the war debt, which led to protests as the colonists had no representation in Parliament.
3. The Boston Massacre (1770), where British soldiers fired on colonists, and the Boston Tea Party (1773), where colonists dumped British tea into the harbor in protest of the Tea Act, caused tension.
4. The First Continental Congress met in September 1774 to discuss a unified response to the Intolerable Acts imposed by the British Parliament on the colonies.
5. In 1776, the Declaration of Independence and Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" were published. "Common Sense" could be seen as a cause as it popularized the idea of independence, and the Declaration of Independence was the formal statement of the colonies' separation from Britain (an effect).
6. In April 1775, at Lexington and Concord, the first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired, marking the start of armed conflict between the colonists and the British.
7. The war for independence from Great Britain began in April 1775 in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, before the Declaration of Independence was issued in July 1776.
8. The Battles of Trenton and Princeton were significant as they were American victories that boosted morale. The American Revolution ended in 1783, with the Battle of Trenton in 1776 and Princeton in 1777, so there were 6 - 7 years between these battles and the end of the war.
9. One factor was foreign aid, especially from France, which provided supplies, troops, and naval support to the Continental army.

Answer:

1. France and Great - Britain
2. To pay for the war debt, the British Parliament imposed new taxes on the colonists who had no representation in Parliament.
3. The Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party.
4. September 1774, to discuss a unified response to the Intolerable Acts.
5. The Declaration of Independence and Thomas Paine's "Common Sense". "Common Sense" as a cause, the Declaration of Independence as an effect.
6. The first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired. April 1775.
7. April 1775, Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. Before the Declaration of Independence.
8. They were American victories that boosted morale. 6 - 7 years.
9. Foreign aid, especially from France.