Road to Revolution

Question 1

France

Answer 1

They had Native American allies at the beginning of the war.

Question 2

Britain

Answer 2

They had more skilled troops.

Question 3

France

Answer 3

Their strategy to set up ambushes at the beginning was successful.

Question 4

Britain

Answer 4

They could grow their own food

Question 5

Britain

Answer 5

Their leadership changed midway through the war

Question 6

Britain

Answer 6

At the end of the war, they seized an important fort.

Question 7

France

Answer 7

They surrendered

Question 8

What was the result of the French and Indian War?

Answer 8

Britain controlled Canada

Question 9

What was the name of Britain’s law-making assembly?

Answer 9

Parliament

Question 10

What were the taxes on all printed materials in the colonies called?

Answer 10

Stamp Act

Question 11

What were the taxes placed on all imported goods called?

Answer 11

Townshend Acts

Question 12

What was forced on the colonists to punish them for the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 12

Intolerable Acts

Question 13

What is the term that means refusal to buy goods?

Answer 13

boycott

Question 14

Who dressed up as Mohawks and dumped the British tea in the harbor?

Answer 14

Sons of Liberty

Question 15

In what event did the British fire into a crowd of colonists and killed five people?

Answer 15

Boston Massacre

Question 16

Who sided with King George III?

Answer 16

Loyalists

Question 17

French and Indian War

Answer 17

Taxing colonists to pay for the war

Question 18

Tea Act

Answer 18

Boston Tea Party

Question 19

Townshend Acts

Answer 19

A boycott

Question 20

Intolerable Acts

Answer 20

Forced people to take sides

Question 21

Roles of Women in the War

Answer 21

1. Encourage boycotts
2. Started making their own tea
3. Daughters of Liberty formed and began weaving cloth instead of buying from the British

Question 22

Thomas Gage’s role in the Intolerable Acts

Answer 22

Britain sent him to close Boston’s Ports and restrict town meetings

Question 23

Why were the colonists angry with the British Parliament?

Answer 23

No taxation without representation

Question 24

What did Patrick Henry say in his famous speech? What was the meaning behind it?

Answer 24

“Give me liberty or give me death”

Wanting freedom or would rather die

Question 25

How long was the French and Indian War?

Answer 25

Seven Years