History Quiz 2/14/24

Question 1

Who was the leader of England during this time?

Answer 1

King George III

Question 2

The ___________ Act of 1764 (taxed sugar, molasses, and other goods) was Britain’s first attempt to raise money after the French and Indian War.

Answer 2

The Sugar Act

Question 3

This was an act of rebellion against the Tea Act of 1773

Answer 3

The Boston Tea Party

Question 4

This was the primary reason colonists were angry with British Parliament

Answer 4

The colonists wanted representation in Parliament

Question 5

The Proclamation of 1763 prevented the colonists from doing what?

Answer 5

This prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 6

He fought in the French & Indian War and later became the commander or the Continental Army

Answer 6

George Washington

Question 6

What were the main reasons for the French and Indian War?

Answer 6

Disputes over land in North America. Trade disagreements between France and Britain.

Question 6

This is the name of Britain’s law-making assembly?

Answer 6

What is Parliament?

Question 7

Who wrote the pamphlet, Common Sense?

Answer 7

Thomas Payne

Question 8

How did Britain aim to control the colonies?

Answer 8

Britain tried to control the colonies with taxes.

Question 9

Britain was in __________ after the French & Indian War.

Answer 9

debt

Question 10

This treaty ended the French and Indian War (provide the year the treaty was signed).

Answer 10

The Treaty of Paris of 1763

Question 11

This was a tax on all paper goods

Answer 11

the Stamp Act?

Question 12

True or False?

Almost all colonists believed that the colonies should be independent and free from England.

Answer 12

False. John Adams once estimated that 1/3 of the colonists were for the Revolution, 1/3 were neutral, and 1/3 opposed.

Question 13

Where was the “Shot Heard Around the World?

Answer 13

The Battle of Lexington

Question 14

Ben Franklin delivered the message “Join or Die” at what meeting at the start of the French and Indian War? What did he want the colonists to do?

Answer 14

Franklin presented the Albany Plan of Union in Albany, NY asking colonists to unite in their fight against the French.

Question 15

What group helped to lead the Patriots leading up to the revolution?

Answer 15

The Sons of Liberty

Question 16

This battle marked the beginning of the French and Indian War.

Answer 16

The Battle of Fort Necessity.

Question 17

King George signed a treaty with Germany for what reason?

Answer 17

So that he could hire over 20,000 Hessian soldiers to fight on behalf of Britain.

Question 18

A form of protest that involves refusing to purchase goods or services.

Answer 18

What is a boycott?

Question 19

True or False. The British were allied with the Iroquois Confederacy in the French and Indian War.

Answer 19

True.

Question 20

True or False?

Colonists were angry that as part of the Coercive/Intolerable acts colonists had to house British soldiers, feed them, etc.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

This first act of violence committed against the colonist further causing hatred towards the British. 5 American colonists were killed.

Answer 21

Boston Massacre

Question 22

What was the significance of the First Continental Congress?

Answer 22

They met in response to the Coercive Acts of 1774 and it was the first time the colonies united to address British policies.

Question 23

Give one of the reasons colonists wanted to move west after the French and Indian War

Answer 23

Opportunity

Space

Question 24

Colonists that wanted independence from England.

Answer 24

Patriot

Question 25

This was the slogan used after the Stamp Act was passed to stir up anti tax feelings

Answer 25

What is ‘no taxation without representation’?

Question 26

Who said these famous words, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!”

Answer 26

Patrick Henry

Question 27

These battles marked the beginning of the American Revolution

Answer 27

The Battles of Lexington & Concord

Question 28

Name two Native tribes allied with the French in the French and Indian War.

Answer 28

The Algonquin and Huron.