Test april 2025

Question 1

How long did it take to travel between Europe and America?

Answer 1

Between six weeks and four months

Question 2

What were the ‘other products’ taxed by the Sugar Act?

Answer 2

coffee and wine

Question 3

What was the outcry from the colonists after the Stamp Act was introduced?

Answer 3

“taxation without representation”

Question 4

Describe the role of the Daughters of Liberty.

Answer 4

To support the freedoms and liberties of the colonists in their fight for independence against Great Britain.

Question 5

How much did British exports fall?

Answer 5

40%

Question 6

At the Tea Party, what was the cost of the tea thrown into the harbor (in today’s $$)?

Answer 6

$1.7 million is todays money

Question 7

What Native American tribe were the colonists disguised as?

Answer 7

Mohawk Indians

Question 8

Who was considered the 1st Casualty of the American Revolution/Massacre?

Answer 8

Crispus Attucks

Question 9

What Boston lawyer defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre?

Answer 9

John Adams

Question 10

What was the typical/painful punishment for British tax collectors in the colonies?

Answer 10

They were tarred and feathered

Question 11

What pamphlet (considered to be the 1st to inspire the Declaration of Independence) was written to fight back against the British taxes?

Answer 11

Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”

Question 12

Who originally thought of the idea for declaring independence?

Answer 12

Richard Henry Lee

Question 13

What artist painted the famous signing of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 13

John Trumbull

Question 14

This portrait is on the back of what Federal Note today?

Answer 14

The $2 bill

Question 15

Where (city and building) was the Declaration signed?

Answer 15

Philadelphia, in the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall

Question 16

Who was the President of the Second Continental Congress? (hint: his signature was HUGE!)

Answer 16

John Hancock

Question 17

Why did John Hancock sign his name so big?

Answer 17

Suggests he did so to make it readable for King George III without spectacles.

Question 18

Who actually wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 18

Thomas Jefferson

Question 19

Can you name the 5 men that made up the Declaration Committee to draft this resolution?

Answer 19

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston

Question 20

What is the official date (month/day/year) that the Declaration was adopted?

Answer 20

July 4, 1776

Question 21

In what famous museum in Washington DC, would one find the original Declaration of Independence?

Answer 21

The National Archives Museum

Question 22

What is the name of the room, in this museum, where it is found?

Answer 22

The Rutunda for the Charters of Freedom at the National Archives Museum

Question 23

Name the 3 documents found here.

Answer 23

• The Constitution
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Bill of Rights (or the first 10 Amendments)

Question 24

What name has been given to the 3 important documents found here?

Answer 24

The Charters of Freedom

Question 25

The document is broken down into how many sections, by historians today, to help people understand it better?

Answer 25

5 main sections

Question 26

What is the date (month/day/year) of the start of the American Revolution?

Answer 26

April 19, 1775

Question 27

What poem was written about the Battle of Lexington?

Answer 27

"The Concord Hymn"

Question 28

Who wrote this poem?

Answer 28

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 29

What was the name of the bridge, leading into Concord, that allowed the Colonists to fend off the British assault?

Answer 29

"North Bridge"

Question 30

What was the English name for a colonial subject that was loyal to the king?

Answer 30

Loyalists or Tories

Question 31

What was created on June 14, 1775 for the 1st time in American history?

Answer 31

The Continental Army

Question 32

Who actually said 'Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.'?

Answer 32

General Isreal Putman

Question 33

Why did General Isreal Putman say it?

Answer 33

He didn’t want to waste ammunition

Question 34

In 1775, British citizens (in England) were taxed how many times higher than the American colonists?

Answer 34

5-7 times higher

Question 35

What was the average ratio of musketballs that actually hit their targets?

Answer 35

18-32% at 200 yards and 15-23% at 300 yards

Question 36

Where was the Battle of Bunker Hill actually fought?

Answer 36

This battle took place throughout the hilly landscape and fenced pastures of Charlestown, a town just north of Boston.

Question 37

What was the name of the group of European marksmen/fighters that the British hired to help fight with them in the American Revolution?

Answer 37

"Hessians"

Question 38

What famous American doctor/general was brutally beaten and stabbed at the Battle of Princeton?

Answer 38

General Hugh Mercer

Question 39

Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolution?

Answer 39

The Battle of Saratoga

Question 40

Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered the turning point?

Answer 40

Because the American victory boosted morale, convinced France to formally ally with the colonists, and ultimately led to British defeat.

Question 41

What was the name of the medical procedure used at Valley Forge to slow down or stop the spread of Smallpox?

Answer 41

Variolation

Question 42

What group of people introduced this process to the colonists?

Answer 42

African slaves

Question 43

Did the variolation process work?

Answer 43

Yes

Question 44

What was the main reason that Benedict Arnold became a traitor/turncoat?

Answer 44

Mounting debt, resentment over perceived lack of recognition and promotion, and the influence of his Loyalist wife, Peggy Shippen.

Question 45

What was the name of the chemical used by Washington and his spy ring, to enable them to read invisible ink?

Answer 45

"sympathetic stain" or invisible ink

Question 46

Who said 'I have not yet begun to fight'? Why?

Answer 46

John Paul Jones, in response to a British demand for surrender during the Battle of Flamborough Head in 1779.

Question 47

Who was the swamp fox? Why was he given this name?

Answer 47

The "Swamp Fox" was Francis Marion, known for his guerrilla tactics and elusive nature.

Question 48

Describe how a frontier guerrilla would fight their enemy.

Answer 48

Hit-and-run tactics, ambushes, and sabotage to harass and disrupt their enemies

Question 49

What was the date (month/day/year) of the Battle of Yorktown?

Answer 49

Sep 28 - Oct 19, 1781

Question 50

After Cornwallis surrendered, what song did the British military band play?

Answer 50

"The World Turned Upside Down"

Question 51

Where was the Treaty of Paris discussed and signed?

Answer 51

The Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, just outside Paris.

Question 52

What 3 American men were sent to discuss the terms and ultimately create the treaty?

Answer 52

* Benjamin Franklin * John Adams * John Jay

Question 53

What is the official date (month/date/year) that the Treaty of Paris was ratified?

Answer 53

January 14, 1784

Question 54

List and describe the 3 main components/criteria of the treaty.

Answer 54

* It had to be a written agreement * Agreement by all state parties * A clear expression of intent to be bound by the terms.

Question 55

What famous area was given to the newly independent United States to help with their current and future economy?

Answer 55

Louisiana Territory