Power And The People (6)

Question 1

What was America used as in the British Empire?

Answer 1

A penal colony

Question 2

How many convicts were sent to America?

Answer 2

50,000

Question 3

What made American soil useful?

Answer 3

Grow crops like tobacco, cotton and sugar

Question 4

What Act stopped America from trading with other countries?

Answer 4

The Navigation Act

Question 5

What did Americans resent paying?

Answer 5

For the British armies presence

Question 6

What did the Americans want in Parliament?

Answer 6

Representatives

Question 7

What was the tax on newspapers called?

Answer 7

Stamp tax

Question 8

What slogan did the Americans use?

Answer 8

‘No taxation without representation’

Question 9

What happened in 1773?

Answer 9

Boston Tea Party

Question 10

What happened in 1775?

Answer 10

Lexington Incident

Question 11

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 11

Colonists poured Brodie tea into the harbour in protest of the Tea Tax

Question 12

What happened at the Lexington incident?

Answer 12

British soldiers were fired in after they tried to seize gunpowder

Question 13

Who was the leader of the American army?

Answer 13

George Washington

Question 14

When was the Declaration of Independence issued?

Answer 14

1776

Question 15

What was the decisive battle?

Answer 15

Yorktown in 1781

Question 16

Who did the Americans have the support of?

Answer 16

The French

Question 17

What did the French stop?

Answer 17

British troops drink getting their supplies at ports

Question 18

What happened to India as a result?

Answer 18

It became the ‘jewel of the Crown’