Political Figures
Who was the king of England at the time of the American settlements? ( name at least one)
Who is King James , Kings Charles, King George III
Which battle boosted the confidence of American soldiers despite the loss?
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
Why did parliament pass the stamp act and what did it do?
What is Colonists had to purchase special paper for all legal documents, dice, and playing cards.
It was passed to finance debts from the French and Indian War.
The Battle of Yorktown was a British win
What is false : British surrendered to the colonist
Define minutemen.
What is patriot civilian soldiers during the revolutionary war pledge to be ready and fight at minute’s notice.
Who wrote Common Sense, the anonymous 50- page pamphlet ?
Who is Thomas Paine?
What general surrendered at the Battle of Saratoga and what side did he represent?
Who is General Cornwallis and British (loyalists)
PArliament passed the Stamp Act because_________
What is colonists could not resist the money offered by Holland, Spain, and France
Jefferson's’ Declaration of Independence was inspired by John Locke
What is true
Define Inflation.
What is an increase in prices or decline in purchasing power caused by an increase of supply in money
In the Second Continental Congress, who was the radical from Massachusetts that said each colony should govern themselves and declare the colonies independent?
John Adams
What officially ended the American Revolutionary War?
What is the Treaty of Paris in 1783
Was an indirect tax on imports and was used to increase revenue
What is the Townshend Act
The Middle Passage was a tolerable voyage consisting of English settlers.
What is false, it was a cruel journey consisting of Africans being traded
Define mercantilism.
What is an economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and silver and gold; they import more than they export
Who was appointed commander of the Continental Army?
Who is George Washington?
What war led to the American Revolutionary War? How?
What is the French and Indian War and Britain being in debt and beginning to tax the people.
Why did Parliament pass the Intolerable Acts?
What did the Act do (name 2)?
What is To punish the colonists for the Boston tea party / Tighten control over Massachusetts
Shut down Boston Harbor / Quartering Act / Governor is now Britain, Commander-in-Chief Thomas Gage / Martial Law to try and Keep Peace
The Proclamation of 1763 halted expansion due to Britain’s financial crisis after the French and Indian War and colonist were convinced Britain didn’t care for them.
What is true
Define Salutary Neglect.
What is an English policy of relaxing the enforcement of regulations in its colonies in return of the colonies economic loyalty.
Who is William Pitt?
What was the cause of the battle of Lexington and Concord?
What is the British commander heard weapons were being kept by Patriots.
Why was the Boston Tea PArty significant in its cause for the Revolutionary War?
What is After the Tea Act, the colonists started the violent part of the Revolution. It was the first time colonists rebelled against their own government. It fueled the tension between America and Britain.
Egalitarianism is the belief of preserving the natural rights of life, introducing transcendentalism in society .
What is false: it is the belief of equality of all people, fostering the idea that virtue and effort rather than money or family defined someones worth.
Define Middle passage, Great Awakening, and the Enlightenment.
What is Middle passage- the voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the West Indies and North America
Great Awakening- a revival of religious feeling in the American colonies
Enlightenment- an intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and scientific method as to obtain knowledge