History Flashcards 2

Question 1

Unnamed Imperial Officer (Wealth)

Answer 1

“British wealth has become so linked to American revenue”

Question 2

James Otis (Taxation)

Answer 2

“Taxation without representation is tyranny”

Question 3

Perfect (Stamp)

Answer 3

“No decision prompted more fevour than the so-called Stamp Acts”

Question 4

Perfect (Londons)

Answer 4

“Colonial assemblymen were furious at London’s disregard for their view”

Question 5

Patrick Henry (Treason)

Answer 5

“If this be treason, let us make the most of it”

Question 6

Miller (Naked)

Answer 6

“Such a naked assertion of
parliamentary power aroused
American fears of legislative
tyranny.”

Question 6

Perfect (Annoyance)

Answer 6

“Soldiers became both an
annoyance and an
ever-present reminder of
British imposition in colonial
life.”

Question 7

Adams (Independence)

Answer 7

“That night (Boston Massacre) founded the independence of America

Question 8

Axelrod (Galavanised)

Answer 8

It (Massacre) “galvanised support” for the
colonial movement for
independence

Question 9

PATRICK HENRY (Sister)

Answer 9

“An attack on one of our
sister colonies is an attack
made on all.”

Question 10

Edward Countryman (Fired)

Answer 10

Whoever fired the first shot,
the skirmishing there and at
Lexington and the sniper fire
that the redcoats endured as
they marched back to Boston
marked the end of words and
the beginning of war.”

Question 11

REFERRING TO IN THE
DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE:
The Quartering Act

Answer 11

For quartering large bodies
of armed troops among us.”