True or False
Catherine The Great, the empress of Russia, was actually born in England
False.
(Fact: She was born in Germany)
ETHEIRTN NICOLOES
(territories in the New World)
THIRTEEN COLONIES
The date the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress (When did United States declare independence from the British?)
July 4, 1776
What did Paul Revere ride on?
A horse.
(he rode from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock & Sam Adams that the British was going to arrest them for their involvement in the Boston Tea Part).
Peter III, the tsar of Russia, was overthrown and exiled by his own queen!
True.
(His own wife, Catherine The Great, led a coup against him with 14,000 troops)
RITEWN EPALCA
(This location in St. Petersburg was where Peter III and his wife, Catherine the Great, moved to
after he was crown the tsar of Russia in 1761)
WINTER PALACE
When did the French and Indian War start?
A. 1754
B. 1569
C. 1943
A. 1754
Who said "...give me liberty or give me death!" in his speech?
Patrick Henry
(After attending the First Continental Congress, Henry needed to persuade the colonists on the plan to boycott England and raise arms. Some were frightened of war and hesitant to stand against England. Henry's eloquent speech swayed their minds)
The Boston Massacre, on March 5, 1770, led to the tragic deaths of 133 colonists.
False.
(5 colonists died. The term "massacre" indicated just how upset the colonists were with the British, and served as clue that war was on its way).
KBUNER LILH
(The British claimed victory over the colonists at this location)
BUNKER HILL
One of the most memorable events of the American Revolution was The Boston Tea Party. On Dec 16, 1773, what did the colonists do?
In response to French resistance and Seven Year's War in Europe, the British expelled a large group of French settlers in Canada. They were called___?
Acadians
In The French and Indian War, The French fought against the Native Indians to build more fur trade routes.
False.
(Fact: The Indians sided with the French against the British. Why? The French treated the Indians better and included the Indians in the fur trade).
TOFR UDSENEQU
(The French built a fort at this location, which is at the mouth of Ohio River that the British claimed was theirs. George Washington went to this fort (amongst several) to tell the French to get out).
FORT DUQUESNE
The year the American Revolution started
1775
Who published a pamphlet titled "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
(It helped inspire the colonists to join the American Revolution. Paine argued that the colonists had a unique opportunity to change the course of history by creating a new sort of government (independent from the British) in which people were free and had the power to rule themselves.
George Washington was only 21 years old when, on behalf of the British colonists, he told the French to abandon their forts in the Ohio Valley.
True.
(The French started building more forts, including Ft. Duquesne at the mouth of the Ohio River, which the British claimed was theirs).
Five men were nominated to write a formal declaration of American independence from Great Britain.
Name at least three of the five men. (extra 100 bonus points if you can name 4 or 5 men).
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman