American Revolution

Question 1

What was another name for the American Revolution

Answer 1

The U.S War of Independence

Question 2

Who fought in the American Revolution

Answer 2

It was against the British and the Colonists

Question 3

What was a result of the American Revolution

Answer 3

A new nation called the United States of America

Question 4

When was the Navigation acts passed

Answer 4

1756

Question 5

What did the Navigation act do

Answer 5

Made colonists pay taxes on goods shipped in English ships

Question 6

What was did the Colonists do in response to the Navigation acts

Answer 6

They began to smuggle in goods

Question 7

What did the Writs of assistance do

Answer 7

Allowed the use of warrants which let them search anyone anytime anywhere

Question 8

How did the colonist respond to the Writs of assistance

Answer 8

They were angry and protested

Question 9

What did the sugar act do

Answer 9

It raised the price of sugar but actually lowered the price of molasses

Question 10

When was the Sugar act enacted

Answer 10

1764

Question 11

When was the stamp act enforced

Answer 11

1765

Question 12

What did the stamp act do

Answer 12

It placed taxes on any article written on paper

Question 13

What did the stamp act affect the prices of

Answer 13

Newspaper, wills, licenses, deeds, and pamphlets

Question 14

What did the colonists do in response to the Stamp act

Answer 14

They refused to buy stamp or stamped paper they also burned pictures of the king in effigy

Question 15

When was the Quartering act passed

Answer 15

1765

Question 16

What did the quartering act do

Answer 16

It made colonists provide salaries, housing, and supplies for British soldiers

Question 17

What did the Colonists do in response to the quartering act

Answer 17

they did not agree and did not obey

Question 18

What did the Townshend act do

Answer 18

It placed taxes on glass, lead, paint, and tea

Question 19

What did British do with the money they got from the Townshend act

Answer 19

They used it to pay for the salaries of colonial officers, Governers and judges

Question 20

What did the Colonists do in response to the Townshend act

Answer 20

They boycotted all British goods

Question 21

What did the daughters of Liberty do

Answer 21

They organized themselves to teach each other how to make their own cloth and do other things to keep from buying British goods

Question 22

What happend on 1768

Answer 22

violience errupts as British troops are aent to Boston

Question 23

When did the Boston Massaacre happen

Answer 23

1770

Question 24

What did the colonists throw at the British soilders

Answer 24

Stones and wood

Question 25

What did the British do in response to the colonists throwing wood and stones at them

Answer 25

They fired into the crowd and several colonists were killed

Question 26

What did the Colonists use the riot as

Answer 26

Propaganda

Question 27

Who was the first colonist killed in the Boston massacre

Answer 27

Crispus Attucks

Question 28

Where were the British soldiers put on trial after the Boston Massacre

Answer 28

Boston

Question 29

Who defended the British soldiers when they were put on trial

Answer 29

Johe Adams

Question 30

What did Adams say that proved the British soldiers to be innocent

Answer 30

He argued that the shootings were in Self defense

Question 31

When was the Declaration of Independence read to Geroge Washington and his troops

Answer 31

In July 9. 1776

Question 32

Where was the Declaration of Independence read to Geroge Washington and his troops

Answer 32

In New York

Question 33

What was the reaction of the soldiers and citizens after the Declaration of Independence was read to them

Answer 33

They went to Bowling green, tore down a statue of King George then melted it to make muskets balls

Question 34

Where is Bowling green located

Answer 34

Manhattan

Question 35

What percentage of colonist believed that British laws must be obeyed

Answer 35

20%

Question 36

What percentage of colonist believed that their deference’s should be resolved peacefully

Answer 36

40%

Question 37

What percentage of colonist hated the British and their laws

Answer 37

40%