7.2 - American revolution

Question 1

What happened between 1765 and 1775

Answer 1

taxation issues led to tensions in the Thirteen Colonies

Question 2

What happened between 1775 and 1783

Answer 2

the Americans fought for independence

Question 3

When did the americans declare their independence?

Answer 3

in 2 July, 1776

Question 4

What form of government does the usa have

Answer 4

Federative republic

Question 5

What happened in 1789?

Answer 5

the United States Constitution secured the power of the federal government

Question 6

what was the relationship between Great Britain and the American colonies.

Answer 6

Each colony had its own government, but the British king controlled these governments

Question 7

why the American colonies rebelled against Great Britain

Answer 7

By the 1770s, many colonists were angry because they did not have self-government.

Question 8

how did several incidents lead to the forming of a Continental Congress

Answer 8

The First Continental Congress was prompted by the Intolerable Acts

Question 9

how did the war between Britain and the colonists lead to the birth of the USA.

Answer 9

USA defeated the british being able to be independent

Question 10

What was the influence of the Enlightenment on the Declaration of Independence

Answer 10

Parts of the enlightenment were in the declaration of independence making it the basis

Question 11

why is the USA is federation.

Answer 11

Since the founding of the country, and particularly with the end of the American Civil War, power shifted away from the states and toward the national government.

Question 12

George Washington

Answer 12

General of continental army, 1st president of usa

Question 13

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 13

writer Declaration of Independence
+ 3rd president USA

Question 14

King george the 3rd

Answer 14

King of britain at the time

Question 15

Important dates

Answer 15

1770: Boston Massacre
1773: Boston Tea Party
1775: War between Britain and American colonists begins
1776: Declaration of independence
1789: Congress accepts the Constitution

Question 16

to whom did the 13 colonies belong to

Answer 16

Britain

Question 17

Who do we mean when we speak of the “American Colonists”?

Answer 17

People who lived in the British colonies in America

Question 18

How many years are there between the founding of the
1st and the 13th colony?

Answer 18

125 years: From Virginia in 1607 till Georgia in 1732.

Question 19

Virginia

Answer 19

Virginia was named after Queen Elizabeth I who, because she never got married, was known as the “Virgin Queen”.

Question 20

Where were the settlers of the 13 colonies mostly from

Answer 20

British and German origin

Question 21

Most settlers lived as…

Answer 21

farmers, who owned their land. enjoyed a great deal of independence and they were allowed a high degree of self-government

Question 22

What is a militia?

Answer 22

temporary army made up of local people

Question 23

Why did the American colonists create their own militias?

Answer 23

Colonists could not rely on the British army because communication between the colonies and the motherland (Britain) took very long.

Question 24

What caused a lot of protests in 1763?

Answer 24

The government imposed a series of taxation acts after their wars

Question 25

Famous tax quote

Answer 25

No taxation w/o representation

Question 26

What is an “act”?

Answer 26

a law

Question 27

what does the snake symbol represent

Answer 27

This symbol represents the American people/the American colonists.

Question 28

The boston massacre

Answer 28

• In 1767, the British passed new laws putting taxes on glass, oil, lead, paint and paper - all goods in everyday use that would go up in price. (relations got worse)
• in 1770, British soldiers shot five unarmed civilians during a protest in Boston. The news spread fast through all the 13 colonies.

Question 29

The boston tea party

Answer 29

• happened in the Boston Harbour in 1773.
• The Patriots protested against this by attacking ships in Boston harbour transporting tea. They dumped the tea in the harbour, destroying the entire shipment.
• an act of protest by colonists against British taxation acts.

Question 30

What economical system forced the colonists to buy only British tea?

Answer 30

mercantilism

Question 31

After the boston tea party

Answer 31

• They closed the Boston harbour so no ships could leave or enter
• a large British force was sent to America to keep the Patriots under control.
• in 1774, they formed the Continental Congress,

Question 32

War with Britain

Answer 32

• In April 1775, tensions between the British government and the Patriots in Massachusetts turned into a violent clash
• Over the course of the following five years, many battles were to be fought all over the American east coast, until the British forces were effectively defeated.
• It would take two years of negotiating to come to a peace treaty, officially ending the war in 1783.

Question 33

Independence

Answer 33

• The Declaration was adopted by the Congress on July 4th 1776

Question 34

Forming a government

Answer 34

• United States was a federation. This is a country that consists of states, each with their own government, which are ruled on a national level by a federal government
• to achieve a stronger government, the Congress accepted a constitution in 1789, which was the supreme law describing the relationship between the citizens and the government and the way the government works.

Question 35

3 branches of government

Answer 35

1) Legislative - Makes laws in US capitol
Congress –> Senate, house of representatives
2) Executive - Enforces the laws in the white house
President –> vice president, cabinet
3) Judicial –> Interprets laws in US supreme court
Supreme court –> Other federal courts

Question 36

10 Amendments

Answer 36

• known as bill of rights
• describe individual rights of citizens and limit the power of the government.

Question 37

Federation

Answer 37

A country which consists of states each with their own government, ruled by a federal government on the national level.

Question 38

Constitution

Answer 38

The supreme law of a country describing the relationship between citizens and government, and how the government works.