Test

Question 1

Which country helped the colonies win the war against England?

Answer 1

France

Question 2

Tax

Answer 2

Money that is paid to the government to that the government can pay for services for the citizens. Examples: paying soldiers, taking care of roads, building schools, paying police, fire and school employees.

Question 3

Boston Tea Party

Answer 3

A group of men dressed as Native Americans and dumped crates of tea overboard ships in Boston Harbor as a protest on the Taxes on tea.

Question 4

The Constitution

Answer 4

A documen that sets up the plan for government and the rules for a country, city or state.

Question 5

Stamp Act

Answer 5

A tax on all paper goods sold in the colonies.

Question 6

Why did King George and Parliament place taxes on the colonist?

Answer 6

To pay for the French and Indian War and to pay for protection for the colonists.

Question 7

Intolerable Acts

Answer 7

These laws wee passed after the Boston Tea Party as a punishment for the colonists. They included the Boston Port Act that closed Boston Harbor forcing colonists to pay for the destroyed tea, ad the Quartering Act forcing colonists to house and feed the British Soldiers for free.

Question 8

Boycott

Answer 8

To refuse to by a product or support a business. This is a form of protest.

Question 9

The Bill of Rights

Answer 9

The first 10 Amendments (changes) to the constitution. These state the rights of freedoms of US citizens.

Question 10

What the the painting of the Boston Massacre Show?

Answer 10

A group of colonist heckling British soldiers and throwing snowballs at them. The British soldiers fired into the crowd killing 5 colonists and injuring 6.

Question 11

Revolution

Answer 11

When a government is suddenly changed. It usually begins with citizens fighting back against rules their government has in place and often involves war.

Question 12

John Hancock

Answer 12

A member of the Sons of Liberty and president of the Continental Congress and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.

Question 13

Samuel Adams

Answer 13

Leader of the Patriots who helped to plan the Boston Tea Party and was a member of the Continental Congress.

Question 14

Crispus Attucks

Answer 14

A freed slave who was the first person killed as a result of the Boston Massacre.

Question 15

Representative

Answer 15

A person who is elected to speak for a person or group of people in government.

Question 16

Militia

Answer 16

An army that was made up of Patriot men who were ready to defend their freedom. Some militia members were called Minutemen who were meant to be ready to fight in a minute.

Question 17

Patriot

Answer 17

Wanted independents from England and go to war.

Question 18

Rights

Answer 18

Something that a person has or can do just by being born. Different from a privilege which has to be earned.

Question 19

First Continental Congress

Answer 19

A secret meeting between 12 colonies. They wrote a letter to King George, III to complain about taxation without representation.

Question 20

“The Shot Hear Around the World”

Answer 20

The nickname of the official first shot fired to start the American Revolution. It is not clear if it was fired by a colonial militiaman or by a british soldier.

Question 21

Loyalist

Answer 21

Want to stay a part of England, and they DID NOT want to go to war.

Question 22

Why were the colonists upset with the King and Parliament?

Answer 22

They made taxes for the colonist, but the colonists didn’t have a say or representation in Parliament when the decisions were made.

Question 23

Abigail Adams

Answer 23

An American Patriot who stayed home to take care of the children, farm and home while her husband, John, was traveling to fight the war. She wrote letters to her husband that have been studied by historians to learn about what it was like for woman during the revolution.

Question 24

Sons of Liberty

Answer 24

A group of men who formed to protest that taxes in the colonies. Members included Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere and Patrick Henry.

Question 25

Paul Revere and William Dawes

Answer 25

Two patriots who road through the night to warn people in Concord that the British soldiers were coming to take the weapons and ammunition stores.

Question 26

No taxation without representation!

Answer 26

A popular phrase shouted by the Patriots during the events leading to the American Revolution.

Question 27

John Adams

Answer 27

An American Patriot who became the 2nd President. He was also a lawyer who defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. He wrote letters to his wife, Abigal, that have been studied by historians to learn about that time in history.

Question 28

Why was the Battle of Bunker Hill important?

Answer 28

The colonist lost, but may British soldiers died. IT showed that the colonists could fight well!

Question 29

Amendment

Answer 29

A change or addition to a law.