Crash Course - American Revolution


1.  What does John Green summarize as the two results of the Seven Years War?
2. Why did the British think Americans should support the Stamp Act, and why did Americans dislike it?
3. How many people died in the Boston Massacre?
4. T/F:  Tea is originally British
5. Americans organized Committees of ________, which acted like a government because they could make and enforce policy.
6. What percent of colonists remained loyal to Britain throughout the war?
7. Why might slaves have been better off without the American revolution?
8. List two things that *were* significant about the American Revolution.
9.  That said, if you look at the actual outcome of the Revolution....
   a.  How did the Articles of Confederation handle the issue of property?
   b. How did the revolution fall short in terms of liberty?
10. Historian Johnathan Israel called this a "revolution of ______."
11. What Enlightenment thinker called the idea of God intervening in the world "superstition."?
12. What moderate Enlightenment thinker argued for "Life, Liberty, and Property."
13. What are three major changes brought about by the American revolution?
14. Summarize John Green's closing advice about philosophy and revolutionary leaders.