American Revolution

Question 1

socio economic groups in the north (in order)

Answer 1

wealthy merchants, artisans, yeomans, indentured servants, slaves

Question 2

major land swaps in the treaty of paris

Answer 2

east of the mississippi river from france to britain,canada from france to britain, louisiana territory from france to spain, florida from spain to britain

Question 3

british tasks the first night of lexington and concord

Answer 3

arrest john adams, samuel adams, and john hancock, seize arms and ammunition from colonists

Question 4

stamp act congress year and location

Answer 4

1765; new york

Question 5

stamp act and quarterinog act year

Answer 5

1765

Question 6

boston tea party year

Answer 6

1773

Question 7

continental congress year

Answer 7

1774

Question 8

treaty of paris year

Answer 8

1763

Question 9

sugar act and currency act year

Answer 9

1764

Question 10

declaratory act year

Answer 10

1766

Question 11

townshend acts year

Answer 11

1767

Question 12

year of boston massacre

Answer 12

1770

Question 13

tea act year

Answer 13

1773

Question 14

intolerable acts

Answer 14

1774

Question 15

lexington and concord year

Answer 15

1775

Question 16

sons of liberty year formed

Answer 16

1765

Question 17

burning of the gaspee year

Answer 17

1772

Question 18

first british act/law after salutary neglect ended, and who was the PM at the time

Answer 18

proclammation of 1763, george grenville

Question 19

which colony was greedy with western land claims

Answer 19

virginia

Question 20

where was the first continental congress held

Answer 20

philadelphia

Question 21

what did they write at the first continental congress

Answer 21

declaration of rights and grievances

Question 22

who was the PM before grenville

Answer 22

william pitt

Question 23

commander in chief the night of the boston massacre

Answer 23

captain preston

Question 24

paul revere and who else?

Answer 24

dawes, prescott, bissel

Question 25

number of men under preston

Answer 25

8

Question 26

french indian war years

Answer 26

1754-1763

Question 27

who was the 7 yrs war between

Answer 27

french, most natives, spain vs great britain, the colonies, some natives

Question 28

why did the natives support france

Answer 28

france were more mindful of the landscape, britain is ignorant

Question 29

albany plan of union

Answer 29

mohawk tribe; ben franklin and thomas hutchinson, no states implemented: too much power, impossible to agree; called for a unified government to coordinate military forces and indian trade policy

Question 30

william pitt

Answer 30

1757 PM of eng, turns it into a global conflict

Question 31

results of 7 yrs war

Answer 31

debt, salutary neglect ended, colonists feel they should be rewarded , british feel they helped expand the empire, eng borrowed money

Question 32

french indian war reason

Answer 32

ohio land disputes, ohio company of virginia

Question 33

sugar act reason

Answer 33

regulated trade

Question 34

stamp act reason

Answer 34

increased revenue

Question 35

stamp act congress reasons

Answer 35

no taxation without representation in parliament, brought into question liberty

Question 36

stamp act congress results

Answer 36

got it repealed within 9 months; declaratory acts followed though, declaration of rights and grievances

Question 37

sons of liberty

Answer 37

started as a resistance to stamp act, protected rights, fought abuses of taxation, marched, burned, threatened officials, cross class

Question 38

pontiacs rebellion

Answer 38

1763, tribal alliances formed that attacked forts and raided settlements

Question 39

charles townshend

Answer 39

townshend acts (duties on tea, glass, lead, paper, and paint increase the price

Question 40

daughters of liberty

Answer 40

1768-1769, women might play a role in public affairs, could boycott to show colonial protest, more civil than sons, genteel ladies

Question 41

lord frederick north

Answer 41

removed duties except tax on tea, instituted the tea act, PM

Question 42

socio economic classes of the south (in order)

Answer 42

gentry (wealthy landowners), yeomans, tenant farmers, indentured servants, slaves

Question 43

patrick henry

Answer 43

series of resolutions on the stamp act that were passed, part of virginias house of burgesses, virginia resolves

Question 44

coercive/ intolerable acts

Answer 44

reparations for boston tea party, boston port act, mass govt act, impartial admin of justice act, quartering act, quebec act

Question 45

first continental congress location

Answer 45

philadelphia

Question 46

first continental congress reasons

Answer 46

discuss intolerable acts, rights, boycotts

Question 47

continental congress results

Answer 47

accepted as a political body, produced a declaration of rights

Question 48

zenger trial

Answer 48

1735, legal precedent for freedom of press

Question 49

lexington and concord

Answer 49

first battle of the war, colonists ambushed british with guerilla tactics, paul revere "regulars are coming," came to seize arms and the 3 men

Question 50

colonies advantages for war

Answer 50

know the land, stronger motivation (natural rights), fighting style, strategy (defensive), potential foreign aid, distance between colonies and great britain, washington

Question 51

britain advantages for war

Answer 51

money, large and trained fighting force, hessians (mercinaries), unified government, military experience