american revolution

Question 1

what was the navigation act

Answer 1

stated that americans could only sell their main goods to britain

Question 2

what is the quartering act

Answer 2

said that american colonists had to provide british soldiers stationed in america with food and shelter

Question 3

what is the sugar act

Answer 3

tax put on sugar being imported into america

Question 4

whats the stamp act

Answer 4

a tax put on all legal governments including wills and licences

Question 5

what does no taxation without representation mean

Answer 5

a slogan used by the colonists meant that the americans refused to pay anymore tax until they were represented in british parliment

Question 6

what did the sons of liberty do

Answer 6

they organised against the stamp act stamps were burned and stamp officials were attacked

Question 7

what happened at the boston massacre

Answer 7

the american colonists held a peaceful protest in boston . the british redcoats attacked the protest claiming that they were throwing stones they opened fire and killed 5 people and injured many more

Question 8

what happened at the boston tea party

Answer 8

a protest against the british and the east indian tea companys boata the colonists dumped 342 crates of tea into boston harbour

Question 9

what was the intolerable act

Answer 9

act that stated boston harbour could not be reopened until the east indian tea company had been paid back for all the damage done

Question 10

what was continental congress

Answer 10

held in philadelphia they were meetings of representatives from the 13 colonies

Question 11

what happened at the first and second continental congress

Answer 11

in the 1st continental congress they organised the plan to attack the british at the 2nd george washington was elected commander in cheif of the continental congress

Question 12

what happened at lexington and concord

Answer 12

when british comander general gage found out that the americans were hiding wepons in concord his reaction led to incidents that fired the first shots of the american revolution

Question 13

3 strengths and 3 weaknesses of the british army

Answer 13

stengths
-had a fully trained army
-had a navy
had better weapons
weaknesses
-didnt know the contryside
supplies took a long time to come
-sometimes german helpers deserted the army

Question 14

3 strengths and 3 weaknesses of the american army

Answer 14

strengths
-knew the countryside
-fighting for their homes
-could use guerille tactics
weaknesses
-had very little experiance
-no access to extra supplies
-were not united at first

Question 15

what happened at valley forge

Answer 15

during the vinter of 1777-78 george washington and the continental army camped out at valley forge where they were retrained by german officer fredrick von stuben they emmerged a more united and stronger army

Question 16

what happened at the battle of yorktown

Answer 16

the war ended suddenly when cornwallis camped his british army in yorktown . he was then surrounded on land by the continental army and at sea by the french cornwallis was forced to surrender this ended the war

Question 17

what was the treaty of paris

Answer 17

treaty that said the british government finally recognised the independance of the usa

Question 18

3 consequences of the american revolution

Answer 18

1. the usa was founded
   2.usa was a democracy which encouraged other countries to become the same