Hey King, Get Off our Backs Quiz

Question 2

When was the Declaration of Independece written

Answer 2

July 4, 1776

Question 3

When and why did English Men came to N.America

Answer 3

1607; for gold

Question 4

Magna Carta

Answer 4

1215

Question 5

In the __________ the british king had representative in the _________

Answer 5

1600s, Parliament

Question 6

House of Burgesses

Answer 6

A group of 2 representatives from each community in Virginia colony ( 1st British Colonists.

Question 7

Mayflower compact

Answer 7

a form that agreed to a majority rule government ( in Plymouth)

Question 8

Mid-1700s

Answer 8

2 million Europeans, 1/2 million slaves living in N.America

Question 9

What did Americans sell to Britain

Answer 9

Raw materials ( timber, cotton, tobacco, rice and coffee)
Britain made theses into products and sold it back, gaining profit

Question 10

slave trade in/decreased profit for American

Answer 10

increased

Question 11

Why did Britain tax Americans

Answer 11

Britains fought in expensive wars, causing them to be in debt and new territory caused governing to be expensive

Question 12

America had lower/higher taxes than Britain

Answer 12

lower

Question 13

Stamp Act

Answer 13

1765: forced Colonists to put tax stamps in all legal doc ( newpaper, calendar, playing cards).

Question 14

After stamp act

Answer 14

Colonists boycotted and thought it was unfair becaus ethey had not vote in this act

Question 15

Declatory act

Answer 15

all laws passed in colonies have no effect

Question 16

Townshed Revenue Act

Answer 16

Taxing things American can’t make , paint or galss
Allowed soldiers to search their homes

Question 17

Quartering Acts

Answer 17

1765-1774, allowed british troops to stay in colonist homes without tax

Question 18

Tea Act

Answer 18

1773: actually reduced tax on tea but americans saw it as a way to manipulate them, led to bostone tea party

Question 19

Intolerable Acts

Answer 19

series of laws Boston passed in 1774 to control rebelling Massachussets colony after the boston tea party