American History

Question 1

the Revolutionary War ended in ______.

Answer 1

1783

Question 1

George Washington was sworn in as the first president in…

Answer 1

1789

Question 2

Problems after the Revolutionary War:

Answer 2

-property was destroyed
-country was in deep debt
-there were boundary issues
-trade disputes

Question 3

The Colonists rebelled against the British government mainly because of __________ without _____________.

Answer 3

taxation, representation

Question 4

Boston Massacre (1770)

Answer 4

-British soldiers opened fire on colonists in boston, killing five men

Question 5

Boston Tea Party (1773)

Answer 5

-group of colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped an entire shipment of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest restrictions on the sale of tea in the colonies

Question 6

Intolerable Acts (1774)

Answer 6

-also known as the Coercive Acts, they were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament to punish colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party

Question 7

Redcoats

Answer 7

-American soldiers

Question 8

Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

Answer 8

-war between the 13 American colonies and Great Britain over unfair treatment; colonies gained independence

Question 9

Sugar Act (1764)

Answer 9

-a tax passed by the British on sugar and molasses to raise revenue for the Seven Years’ War

Question 10

Stamp Act (1765)

Answer 10

-Colonists had to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various playing cards, papers, and documents to help pay for British troops that were stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years’ War

Question 11

Declaration Of Independence (1776)

Answer 11

-document declaring the 13 original colonies as “free and independent states”

Question 12

Quartering Act (1765)

Answer 12

-required the American Colonies to house British soldiers and provide them food

Question 13

Declaratory Act (1766)

Answer 13

-gave the British Parliament the authority to tax the colonies

Question 14

Townshend Act (1767)

Answer 14

-initiated taxes on goods imported to the American Colonies

Question 15

Sons of Liberty

Answer 15

-a secret political organization in the colonial America whose goal was to advance the rights of the colonists

Question 16

Shays Rebellion (1786-1787)

Answer 16

-A violent uprising in the Massachusetts countryside, brought about by a monetary debt crisis at the end of the American Revolutionary War

Question 17

Treaty Of Paris (1783)

Answer 17

-signed by U.S. and British Representatives, which formally recognized the U.S. as an independent country

Question 18

What is celebrated on the Fourth of July?

Answer 18

Independence Day! 🥳 🇺🇸

Question 19

French and Indian War (1754-1763)

Answer 19

-war fought by the French and English over what is now U.S. and Canadian land, caused colonists’ attitudes to change towards England for the worst

Question 20

WW1 (1914-1918)

Answer 20

-the first world war, a global conflict between the allies and the central powers
*U.S. joined because of Germany’s attacks on U.S. ships

Question 21

WW2 (1939-1945)

Answer 21

-global conflict between the allies and the axis powers
*U.S. joined because of the Japanese bombing on Pearl Harbor