Exam 1 Kahoot

Question 1

This act passed by Parliament in 1764 taxed molasses and coffee and clamped down on smuggling

Answer 1

Sugar Act

Question 2

This act taxed paper goods in the colonies, leading to widespread protest

Answer 2

Stamp Act

Question 3

This act taxed glass, tea, and silk. Was imposed after British officials were run out of town

Answer 3

Townshend Acts

Question 4

This event between colonists and British soldiers resulted in 6 colonists being killed

Answer 4

Boston Massacre

Question 5

How did the colonies react to the monopoly on British tea imported to and sold on the colonies?

Answer 5

Boston Tea Party

Question 6

Colonists that sided with the King and Britain were known as loyalists

Answer 6

Loyalists

Question 7

This person wrote Common Sense which persuaded colonists to fight for independence

Answer 7

Thomas Paine

Question 8

This person authored the Declaration of Independence in 1776

Answer 8

Thomas Jefferson

Question 9

Where was the “Shot Heard Round the World” fired?

Answer 9

Concord

Question 10

This person was appointed Commander of the Continental Army

Answer 10

George Washington

Question 11

The battle at this hill cost the British 1,100 and the colonists 400, boosting colonial morale

Answer 11

Bunker Hill

Question 12

This battle surprised everyone when 6,000 British surrendered, resulting in French support

Answer 12

Saratoga

Question 13

This founding father traveled to Paris and convinced the French to side with the United States

Answer 13

Benjamin Franklin

Question 14

Washington and his men suffered through a brutal winter at this Pennsylvania location

Answer 14

Valley Forge

Question 15

What agreement designed by the Pilgrims set the stage for self government in America?

Answer 15

Mayflower Compact

Question 16

Britain needed money to help cover the costs of this war

Answer 16

French and Indian War