Acts
People
Vocab
Questions
Events and 1 Random Question
100

The Proclamation Act of 1763 banned colonial settlement where?

West of the Appalachian Mountains

100

What Fort did Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys capture?


BONUS 50: What did they take from the Fort?

Fort Ticonderoga 


Canons


100

Cede means what?

Surrender

100

What is the capital of New France?

Quebec

100
The Boston Tea Party - what happened?


BONUS 50: How many LBS of tea was dumped?


Colonists dumped 90,000 lbs of Tea into the Harbor.

200
In 1766, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, but passed an Act that said Parliament had full control over the Colonies.  What is this Act called?

Declaratory Act

200

General William Howe was a General in the Revolutionary War.  What side was he on?

The British's side

200

What is Duty?

Import Tax

200

How many people were killed and wounded (two separate numbers) during the Boston Massacre?

5 killed, 6 wounded

200

The shot heard round the world signaled the start of what?  


BONUS 50: Where was the shot?

Revolutionary War 


Lexington

300

The Townsend Acts did what?


BONUS 100 points: All of the Townsend Acts were repealed except the one on _______?

Taxed goods imported to the colonies.


BONUS 100: The one on Tea

300

What is the difference between Loyalists and Patriots?

Loyalists are sympathetic to Britain, Patriots want independence from Britain.

300

Blockade's do what to a port?

Shut off access to it

300

The Patriots who participated in the Boston Tea Party disguised themselves as _________?

Native Americans  

300

The political cartoon of the snake with the word "Join or Die" was created by who and why?

Benjamin Franklin to convince the colonies to join together against the French

400

What land did the Quebec Act claim and which country received the land?

The land between the MO and OH rivers and Britain claimed the land

400

Who was the lawyer that defended the 9 British soldiers who shot people in the Boston Massacre?

John Adams

400

A Monopoly is what?

Total control of a market for a certain product

400

What were two great military advantages Britain had over the colonies?  Hint: it was mentioned on your quiz last week

Navy and Mercenaries

400

Two great military advantages Britain had were what?

best navy and mercenaries

500

The Intolerable Acts abolished/cut what two things?

The Massachusetts legislature

Cut town meetings 

500

Two armies were moved to attack Canada.  Who were the two men who led these armies?


Hint: One man led army through Maine and had a terrible journey.  The other led the army from Fort Ticonderoga.  

Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery

500

Writ of Assistance is what?

Court orders that allowed officials to make searches without saying for what they were searching.

500

Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill at a great cost?

Britian

500

The Battle of Bunker Hill proved what? 

The colonists could stand up to the British.