Chapter 10 pg. 100-107

Question 1

Who was the king of England right before the War for Independence began?

Answer 1

King Geoge III

Question 2

What is the Stamp Act?

Answer 2

Newspapers, marriage certificates, almanacs, and other documents bought by the colonists had to have a seal or stamp placed on them.

Question 3

What is a tax?

Answer 3

Money that people pay to help run their government.

Question 4

What is the name for men chosed by the people to make decisions for them?

Answer 4

Representatives

Question 5

What is a cruel killing of many people at one time?

Answer 5

Massacre

Question 6

Who were the patriots?

Answer 6

American colonists who wanted America to be free from England’s rule.

Question 7

Who was the black patriot killed in the Boston Massacre?

Answer 7

Crispus Attucks

Question 8

What is the name of the event where 342 chests of tea were smashed open and thrown into the harbor?

Answer 8

The Boston Tea Party

Question 9

What did the colonists call the English soldiers to tease them for wearing coats that were red?

Answer 9

“Redcoats”

“Lobsterbacks”

Question 10

How many people died in the Boston massacre?

Answer 10

Five (5)

Question 11

What did the members of the First Continental Congress agree upon?

Answer 11

1) They weren’t going to obey England’s laws

2) They weren’t going to buy English goods

Question 12

Who were the ‘Minutemen’?

Answer 12

Massachusettes men who proudly stated they could fight at a minute’s notice.

Question 13

Who was Lemuel Haynes?

Answer 13

A black ‘minuteman’ who was also a Congregational minister.

Question 14

Who made the famous quote: “give me liberty, or give me death”?

Answer 14

Patrick Henry

Question 15

Who were the men who wanted America to be free from England’s rule?

Answer 15

The Patriots

Question 16

Who were the Loyalists or Tories?

Answer 16

People who thought America should be loyal to England.

Question 17

Who rode on their horses, calling out, “The British are coming?” (in order to warn the colonists about British soldiers)

Answer 17

Paul Revere and William Dawes

Question 18

Where was the first shot of the American War of Independence?

Answer 18

Lexington

Question 19

Who fired the first shot in Lexington?

Answer 19

No body knows

Question 20

Where did the fighting continue after Lexington?

Answer 20

They British marched to Concord and were met by Minutemen.

Question 21

What year did the War for Independence start?

Answer 21

1775