What Act is this?
in U.S. colonial history, British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian War.
What is the Sugar Act
What settlement is close to the Chesapeake bay and known as the "Tobacco Colony"?
What is Virginia.
Who was the King of England During the Revolutionary War?
Who is King George the III
Where did the Puritans land when they came to the colony of Massachusetts?
What is Plymouth County.
What document did the colonies send to the king of England to gain independence under his rule?
What is the Declaration of Independence.
in U.S. colonial history, first British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice.
What is the Stamp Act.
Puritan separatists later known as "pilgrims" arrived and settled in what Colony?
What is Massachusetts.
The revolutionary war lasted nearly 8 years, What decision by King George III made it last so long?
What is King George refusing to surrender the Colonies.
Where was the “the shot heard around the world” ?
What is Lexington Massachusetts.
A leader of the American Revolution and served as the second U.S. president from 1797 to 1801.
Who is John Adams.
a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power.
What is the Townshend Act.
The 45,000 square miles of land west of the Delaware River that was granted by the king to a Quaker, is known as what?
What is Pennsylvania.
Fill in the blank for the following quote from the Declaration of Independence, “marked by every act which may define a ____________.”
What is a Tyrant.
Before which battle did General George Washington take his army across the Deleware River and surprise the British?
What is the Battle of Trenton.
One of the leading figures of early American history, (1706-1790) was a statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor and diplomat.
Who is Benjamin Franklin.
passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes. It was designed to prop up the East India Company
What is the Tea Act.
In its northern half, hardscrabble farmers eked out a living. In its southern half, planters presided over vast estates that produced corn, lumber, beef and pork, and–starting in the 1690s–rice. What colonies are being described?
What are the Carolinas.
How many children did King George III have?
What are 15 Children.
This battle was a turning point in the revolution and persuaded France to sign a treaty with the United States against Britain.
What is the battle at Saratoga.
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. The four acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act
What is the Intolerable Act.
Puritans who thought that Massachusetts was too restrictive formed the colony of
What is Rhode Island.
In what year was King George III born?
What is the year 1738.
The British surrender at this location forecasted the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation.
What is the battle of Yorktown.
This man helped write the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Men and of the Citizen, the first step toward a constitution for the Republic of France, helping launch the French Revolution.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette.