American Revolution

Question 0

The French and Indian War was a conflict about ______ and _______ movement.

Answer 0

Land; Westward

Question 1

What war was called the 7 year war?

A. Boston War
B. War for Independence
C. French and Indian War
D. War for Icecream

Answer 1

C. French and Indian War

Question 2

True or False

The French and Indian War was France and Britain against the Natives and the Colonists.

Answer 2

False.

It was France and the natives versus Britain and the colonists.

Question 3

Who won the French and Indian war?

Answer 3

The colonists and the British.

Question 4

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 4

A law that states that colonists could not move westward past the Appalachian mountains.

Question 5

What was the Sugar Act?

Answer 5

A tax on luxury items like wine, silk, sugar, and coffee that colonists bought from Britain.

Question 6

What was a tax on all printed materials including newspapers, legal documents, playing cards, etc.?

Answer 6

The Stamp Act

Question 7

What was required of the colonists because of the Quartering Act?

Answer 7

To house and feed British troops

Question 8

What was taxed during the Townshend Acts?

Answer 8

Paper, Tea, Glass, Lead, and Paints

Question 9

How many colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre?

A. 0
B. 5
C. 10
D. 1,000

Answer 9

B. 5

Question 10

How many soldiers went to jail for the Boston Massacre?

Answer 10

None

Question 11

What was the punishment of the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 11

The Intolerable Acts

Question 12

What group got the Stamp act revoked?

Answer 12

The Sons of Liberty

Question 13

What act replaced the Stamp Acts?

Answer 13

Townshend Acts

Question 14

What were the Townshend Acts?

Answer 14

Acts that required colonists to pay import taxes on British goods, such as glass, paint, and lead.

Question 15

What was the reaction to the Townshend Acts?

Answer 15

Boycott of British goods

Question 16

What was the job of the Committees of Correspondence?

Answer 16

It was a group of people who wrote letters to stop Britain.

Question 17

What was the Edenton Tea Party?

Answer 17

51 prominent women from NC gathered in Edenton. They signed a document declaring their support of the boycott. No tea was involved.

Question 18

Where and when did the Boston Massacre take place?

Answer 18

Outside of the Boston Customs House on the night of March 5, 1770.

Question 19

What is a Patriot?

Answer 19

People who believed that America should break free from England.

Question 20

Where was Paul Revere from?

Answer 20

Massachusetts

Question 21

What Son of Liberty dressed up as a Mohawk, participated in the Boston Tea Party, and rode from Boston to NYC to inform people about the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 21

Paul Revere

Question 22

Who was appointed official courier to the Continental Congress for the Massachusetts Provincial Congress?

Answer 22

Paul Revere

Question 23

Who wrote Common Sense?

Answer 23

Thomas Paine

Question 24

What were the Patriots' main weapon?

Answer 24

Muskets with bayonets

Question 25

Who used Guerrilla Warfare? A. British soldiers B. American Patriots

Answer 25

B. American Patriots

Question 26

True or false Each British soldier was provided with a uniform, weapons, and ammunition.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Who wore strictly maintained red uniforms? A. British soldiers B. American Patriots

Answer 27

A. British soldiers

Question 28

When was the first shot of the American Revolution fired at Lexington-Concord?

Answer 28

April 19, 1775 (Massachusetts)

Question 29

When did the Battle of Bunker Hill make it clear to both sides that the colonist could fight very well?

Answer 29

June 16, 1775 (Massachusetts)

Question 30

When did Cornwallis surrender to Washington at Yorktown?

Answer 30

October 9, 1781 (Virginia)

Question 31

Frontier patriots attack British sergeant, Patrick Ferguson, at Kings Mountain?

Answer 31

March 29, 1780 (North Carolina)

Question 32

When did patriot commander, Daniel Morgan, defeat British forces at Cowpens?

Answer 32

January 17, 1781 (South Carolina)

Question 33

Who contributed their ideas to the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 33

``` Thomas Paine John Locke (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness) ```

Question 34

Where was George Washington from?

Answer 34

Virginia

Question 35

Where was Thomas Jefferson from?

Answer 35

Virginia

Question 36

Where was Thomas Paine from?

Answer 36

Born in England but moved to Pennsylvania

Question 37

Where was John Adams from?

Answer 37

Massachusetts

Question 38

Where was Abigail Adams from?

Answer 38

Massachusetts

Question 39

Where was Benjamin Franklin from?

Answer 39

Massachusetts

Question 40

Where was Lord Cornwallis?

Answer 40

England

Question 41

Where was Crispus Attucks from?

Answer 41

Massachusetts

Question 42

Why was George Washington significant to the American Revolution?

Answer 42

He served as a general and commander-in-chief of the colonial armies and led many battles.

Question 43

Why was Thomas Jefferson significant to the American Revolution?

Answer 43

He wrote the Declaration of Independence and made the Louisiana Purchase.

Question 44

Why was Thomas Paine significant to the American Revolution?

Answer 44

He wrote Common Sense which was a major pamphlet converting colonists to be pro revolution and help start the idea of the Declaration of Independence

Question 45

Why was John Adams significant to the American Revolution?

Answer 45

He served on the first Continental Congress and wrote an essay opposing the Stamp Act which was in the Boston Gazette.

Question 46

Why was Abigail Adams significant to the American Revolution?

Answer 46

She was a member of the Daughters of Liberty and wrote letters to her husband to tell him what she though his next move in the revolution should be.

Question 47

Why was Benjamin Franklin significant to the American Revolution?

Answer 47

He helped write the Declaration of Independence and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris.

Question 48

Why was Lord Cornwallis significant to the American Revolution?

Answer 48

He helped England win many battles including the Battle of Camden and his loss of the Battles of Cowpens and Yorktown helped the Americans win.

Question 49

Why was Crispus Attucks significant to the American Revolution?

Answer 49

He was killed during the Boston Massacre and taunted the British soldiers during the Boston Massacre and stood up for what he believed.