American Independence Facts

Question 0

When was the French and Indian War/7 years War?

Answer 0

1756-1763

Question 1

Who founded America

Answer 1

Joint-Stock companies

Question 2

When was the proclamation line drawn and how many soldiers sent to protect it?

Answer 2

1763 - 10,000 British soldiers

Question 3

British National debt in 1756 and 1763?

Answer 3

£75 mil to £133 mil

Question 4

Interest and government revenue at end of 7 years War

Answer 4

Interest £4.4 mil Gov. revenue £8 mil

Question 5

Cost of colonial administration 1748 and 1763

Answer 5

1748 - £70,000

1763 - £350,000

Question 6

When was the Peace of Paris?

Answer 6

1763

Question 7

5 consequences of the 7 year war

Answer 7

Britain world’s greatest empire
Colonists well trained soldiers
Tensions between brit and American soldiers
Land beyond Appalachians up for grabs
Eliminates colonists’ dependency on British protection

Question 8

1763 difference in tax

Answer 8

England - 26 shillings per year

America - 1 shilling

Question 9

Balance of trade in 1713 and 1760

Answer 9

1713 - £50,000

1760 - £2 million

Question 10

What year was the Hat Act

Answer 10

1732

Question 11

What year was the Molasses Act

Answer 11

1733

Question 12

When was paper money prohibited

Answer 12

1765

Question 13

When was the Stamp Act

Answer 13

1765

Question 14

When did the House of Commons question Ben Franklin?

Answer 14

1766

Question 15

When was the Declaratory Act

Answer 15

1766

Question 16

When did Pitt replace Rockingham as PM

Answer 16

July 1766

Question 17

When were Townshend duties imposed and how much money would they have earned?

Answer 17

May 1767 - £40,000

Question 18

When was the New York Restraining Act?

Answer 18

March 1767

Question 19

When was the MA circular letter written?

Answer 19

Feb 1768

Question 20

When did the Economic boycott against Brit begin?

Answer 20

1768

Question 21

When did Sons of Liberty gain control of Boston?

Answer 21

Summer 1768

Question 22

When was John Wilkes imprisoned?

Answer 22

1768

Question 23

When did the first British troops arrive in Boston? How many?

Answer 23

September 1768

600 troops

Question 24

What was the date of the Boston Massacre?

Answer 24

February 22nd 1770 - 11 year old boy killed. 5,000 attend funeral

Question 25

When were the Townshend duties repealed?

Answer 25

1770 except tea

Question 26

When was the committee of correspondence founded?

Answer 26

1771

Question 27

Population of colonies 1730 and 1760

Answer 27

1730 - 0.6 mill | 1760 - 1.6 mill

Question 28

Imports from Britain 1771 -1774

Answer 28

£9 million

Question 29

When did Governors and judges start getting paid from the crown in MA?

Answer 29

1772

Question 30

When was the Tea Act introduced?

Answer 30

1773

Question 31

When was the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 31

16th December 1773 | 60 Sons of Liberty men board the three ships and dump £10,00 worth of tea into the harbour

Question 32

When did Parliament pass the Coercive Acts?

Answer 32

1774

Question 33

What were the coercive acts?

Answer 33

Boston Port Act - Closed Boston to all trade until Tea paid for Mass. Governor Act - gov. appoints his officials. He allows meetings Impartial administration of Justice Act Quartering Act

Question 34

When was the Quebec Act passed and what did it do?

Answer 34

June 1774 Authority in hands of gov. Without elected Assembly. Limited trial by jury Quebec boundary extended into Ohio and Mississippi rivers to 'check' colonial expansion

Question 35

When was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

Answer 35

19th April 1775 70 minutemen block 700 soldiers' way (trying to seize rebel arms and arrest leaders of Provincial Congress) 8 colonists killed. Continue to Concord, destroy military stores and head back, ambushed. 273 British casualties. America only lose 92 men.

Question 36

When do 20,000 New England militia besiege Boston?

Answer 36

2 weeks after battle of Lexington and Concord

Question 37

When did the Second Continental Congreve meet?

Answer 37

10th May 1775 in Philadelphia with 65 delegates from all colonies

Question 38

What was the quota imposed on all colonies for raising a Continental Army?

Answer 38

20,000 men

Question 39

Who was appointed as commander of the Continental Army and why?

Answer 39

George Washington. From Virginia (southerner) in charge of mainly New England Army, cement colonial unity. Also a wealthy planter therefore discourages radicalism. Looks the part.

Question 40

When did Congress adopt a Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking up Arms?

Answer 40

6th July 1775

Question 41

When was the Olive Branch petition adopted?

Answer 41

8th July 1775

Question 42

When did George III declare all colonies in a state of rebellion?

Answer 42

23rd August 1775

Question 43

When was the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Answer 43

17th June 1775

Question 44

How many British deaths in Battle of Bunker Hill?

Answer 44

1000/2500 men. Eighth of total British officers killed in entire conflict die in this battle. American casualties less than half of that. Shock to Britain, too great a loss to justify victory

Question 45

When did Washington take command of the American army?

Answer 45

July 1775 | Had 15,000 poorly trained troops. Massive re-shuffle. Ranking. Flogging.

Question 46

When was greatest British inaction?

Answer 46

1775-1776

Question 47

When did Americans retreat from their invasion of Canada?

Answer 47

January 1776

Question 48

When did Lord Dunmore issue a proclamation promising freedom to loyalist slaves who fled their masters to fight?

Answer 48

November 1775

Question 49

When were British forces in the South defeated?

Answer 49

February 1776

Question 50

When did Howe's British army evacuate Boston?

Answer 50

17th March 1776 | Evacuate to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Britain's main naval base

Question 51

When was common sense first published, by who, and how many copies sold?

Answer 51

January 1776 Thomas Paine 120,000 copies

Question 52

When did Congress debate Virginia's proposal for independence for all colonies?

Answer 52

8th June 1776 | Unanimity needed, support of middle colonies

Question 53

Who were the committee members tasked with writing the draft Declaration of Independence?

Answer 53

Jefferson, John Adams, Franklin, Sherman, Livingston

Question 54

What was the main theory of John Locke

Answer 54

Natural rights to life, Liberty and property. Right therefore to change government.

Question 55

On 1st of July which states in congress voted against of abstained the question of independence?

Answer 55

South Carolina and Pennsylvania voted against Delaware split New York abstained

Question 56

When was the Declaration of Independence passed through Congress and when was it adopted by Congress?

Answer 56

2nd July 1776 - 12 out of 13 colonies support | 4th July 1776 - Congress Adopts Declaration of Independence