Revolutionary War Test

Question 1

What did George Washington do?

Answer 1

Leader of the Virginians in the Battle that began the French and Indian War.

Question 2

What did Benjamin Franklin do?

Answer 2

American Leader. Respected Scientist. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. Colonial Leader who met in Albany, NY with other delegates of 7 colonies. He thought the colonies should unite to fight the French.

Question 3

What did Paul Revere do?

Answer 3

Boston Silversmith who rode countryside to warn the patriots that the British were marching toward Concord. He also made a picture of the Boston Massacre shooting and titled it The Bloody Massacre.

Question 4

What did Samuel Adams do?

Answer 4

He setup a committee of correspondence in Boston. He helped start the Sons of Liberty.

Question 5

What did King George III do?

Answer 5

King of Britain during the Revolutionary War

Question 6

What did Mercy Otis Warren do?

Answer 6

Massachusetts patriot who wrote plays to protest British rule. She did not agree with new taxes. She wrote a history of the American Revolution.

Question 7

What did John Hancock do?

Answer 7

Leader of the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts.

Question 8

What did Thomas Gage Do?

Answer 8

He was a British General. He had to approve all town meetings. Leader of the Massachusetts Colony. Sent 700 soldiers to Concord to get weapons from the colonists.

Question 9

Crispis Attucks?

Answer 9

American Sailor who was African American and was killed by the British soldiers at the Boston Massacre. Many people say he was the first person to be killed in the struggle for American Freedom

Question 10

Define Alliance

Answer 10

A formal agreement among groups or individuals

Question 11

Define Representation

Answer 11

To have someone speak or act for you

Question 12

Define Treason

Answer 12

The act of working against one’s own government

Question 13

Define Boycott

Answer 13

To refuse to buy or use goods or services

Question 14

Define Minutemen

Answer 14

Member of Massachusetts colony militia who could quickly be ready to fight the British. (Ready to fight at a minute’s notice)

Question 15

Define Repeal

Answer 15

To cancel or Undo a law

Question 16

Define Protests

Answer 16

To work against or object to a certain policy

Question 17

Define Monopoly

Answer 17

The complete control of a product or good by one person or group

Question 18

Define Parliament

Answer 18

Lawmaking Branch of the British Government

Question 19

Define Blockade

Answer 19

To use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor

Question 20

Define quarter

Answer 20

To provide or pay for housing

Question 21

Define Petition

Answer 21

A signed request made by a person or organization

Question 22

Why did the French and Indian War start?

Answer 22

It started because France and British both claimed the Ohio Valley.

Question 23

The Proclamation Act of 1763?

Answer 23

King George III made a public announcement and said land west of the Appalachian Mountains belong to Native Americans. White settlers were asked to leave.

Question 24

The Sugar Act

Answer 24

Britain put a tax on sugar and molasses to pay for the war. Brought from the West Indies. It hurt the shipping business in the New England colonies.

Question 25

The Stamp Act

Answer 25

Tax on paper items such as legal documents, newpapers, and playing cards had a special stamp showing taxes were paid.

Question 26

No Taxation without Representation

Answer 26

Colonists were being taxed without having a voice in Parliament. Representatives from the colonies met in NYC in what became known as the Stamp Act Congress.

Question 27

Committees of Correspondence

Answer 27

They wrote letters to express their points of view about British Laws. Samuel Adams formed the first committee in Boston in 1764.

Question 28

Townsend Acts

Answer 28

Parliament put tax on imports such as Glass, Tea, Paint, and Paper that were brought into the colonies. Colonists boycotted. Parliament repealed the Act because sales of British goods went down

Question 29

Boston Massacre

Answer 29

Took place on March 5, 1770 large crowd of angry colonists gathered near several British soldiers and threw rocks and snowballs at them. British soldiers opened fire and killed 3 colonists on the spot. 2 others died later. - Crispus Attucks was one of the people killed.

Question 30

Boston Tea Party

Answer 30

December 16,1773 - 150 members of the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and threw over 300 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. They were boycotting the Tea Act which meant they had to Buy Tea from the East India Company.

Question 31

Coercive Acts

Answer 31

Parliament passed laws to punish the Massachusetts colonists. Also known as the Intolerable Acts, these laws United colonists against Britain. Closed port of Boston until destroyed tea from Boston tea party was paid for. Boston Harbor was blockaded. Prevented the Massachusetts legislature from meeting. Colonists were forced to quarter or house British soldiers.

Question 32

First Continental Congress

Answer 32

Congress signed a request to the king reminding them of their basic rights as British citizens. Right to Life and Liberty. Right to Assemble, Right to Trial by Jury. Congress voted to stop trade with Britain. Asked colonies to form militias, or armies of citizens.

Question 33

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Answer 33

General Gage sent 700 British soldiers to Lexington and Concord because he heard that Samuel Adams and John Hancock were meeting in Lexington. Paul Revere, member of Sons of Liberty, found out about General Gage’s plan and rode a horse to Lexington to warn Adams, Hancock and the townspeople that the British were coming to fight so the Minutemen could be ready to fight.

Question 34

Define Imperial Policy

Answer 34

Laws and orders issued by the King and British Parliament

Question 35

Who is Patrick Henry?

Answer 35

Member of Virginia House of Burgesses. Virginia Leader. He spoke out against the British rule and taxes. Governor of Virginia. Was a public speaker.

Question 36

In what year did the French and Indian War start?

Answer 36

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Question 37

Why did many colonists boycott British Goods?

Answer 37

Protesting the Stamp Act

Question 38

When was the Stamp Act passed?

Answer 38

1765

Question 39

When did the Boston Massacre take place?

Answer 39

1770

Question 40

When did the Boston Tea Party take place?

Answer 40

1773

Question 41

When was the Battle of Fort Necessity fought?

Answer 41

1754 - Only battle that George Washington surrendered. Virginians built Fort Necessity. French and Native American Allies attacked and the Virginians gave up. Start of French and Indian War.

Question 42

When did the French and Indian War end?

Answer 42

1763 -Treaty of Paris gave Britain most of Canada, all French lands east of the Mississippi River, and Spanish Florida.

Question 43

When did Britain pass the Sugar Act?

Answer 43

1764

Question 44

When did the French and Indian War begin?

Answer 44

1754 - spread to Europe. Native Americans fought both sides but mostly the French.

Question 45

What became known as the Albany Plan?

Answer 45

Benjamin Franklin thought the colonists should unite to fight the French. The colonies were not willing to fight as one country.

Question 46

Define Budget

Answer 46

Plan for spending money.

Question 47

Why did Parliament pass new taxes for the colonists?

Answer 47

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Question 48

How did the French and Indian War change relations between the colonists and Britain?

Answer 48

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