Tensions between colonists and the British, 1770–75:

Question 1

On the 22nd February the first case of redcoat violence was of a shooting. How old was the child who was shot?

Answer 1

11

Question 2

When did factory workers attack British redcoats?

Answer 2

2 March 1770

Question 3

When was the Boston Massacre?

Answer 3

5 March 1770

Question 4

What was the most common occupation in New England?

Answer 4

Farmer

Question 5

Reasons for introduction of tax?

Answer 5

Defense, Canada provisions, no further expansion

Question 6

After War with France, what was the annual debt interest payment and what was the British government’s income?

Answer 6

Payments of £4.4 million and an income of £8 million

Question 7

What was the phrase used by Americans to describe their political standing against tax?

Answer 7

‘no taxation without representation’

Question 8

Who was the Governor in 1765 that had his house ransacked for having loyalist leanings?

Answer 8

Thomas Hutchinson

Question 9

Who was a major figure of opposition to the British in 1770 in Boston?

Answer 9

Sam Adams

Question 10

When were the Townshend duties introduced?

Answer 10

1767

Question 11

What was covered in the Townshend Duties?

Answer 11

Glass, Wine, China, Lead, Paint, Paper, Tea

Question 12

How much did the Townshend duties raise annually?

Answer 12

£40,000

Question 13

Which organisation did Sam Adams lead?

Answer 13

Sons of Liberty

Question 14

When was the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 14

16 December 1773

Question 15

What caused the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 15

Tea Act of 1773

Question 16

Which three ships had tea dumped from them in the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 16

Dartmouth, Eleanor, Beaver

Question 17

How much tea was dumped in the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 17

£10,000

Question 18

When were the Coercive/ Intolerable Acts passed?

Answer 18

1774

Question 19

What were the 4 main aspects of Coercive/ Intolerable acts?

Answer 19

Closure of the Boston Port; governor could appoint and remove most officials; murder trials to England if necessary; quartering of troops

Question 20

What did the Legislative assemblies in America control?

Answer 20

Money bills and controlling expenditure

Question 21

How wide was the franchise for voting people into the Legislative assemblies?

Answer 21

50% (sometimes 80% of the male population)

Question 22

In 1770, how many troops did the British Government ask the colonial assemblies to finance for reasons of defense of the empire?

Answer 22

10,000

Question 23

When was the Stamp Act introduced?

Answer 23

1765

Question 24

When was the American Board of Customs Commissioners placed in Boston?

Answer 24

1767 (along with increased military and naval presence)

Question 25

What were the three main reasons as to why the Townshend duties did not lead to the War of Independence?

Answer 25

British repeal of the Townshend duties (1770); number of loyalists; lack of unity in colonies

Question 26

When did Sam Adams propose setting up the Committee of Correspondence?

Answer 26

September 1771

Question 27

What percentage of the population remained loyal to the British crown?

Answer 27

20%

Question 28

By 1774, which two colonies were yet to setup a Committee of Correspondence?

Answer 28

North Carolina and Pennsylvania