American Revolution
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What battle does the following quote refer to: “ The shot heard around the world. “
The Battle of Lexington and Concord.
In what year did the Battles of Lexington and Concord take place?
1775
What war was fought in North America between the years of 1754 and 1763?
The French and Indian War
What proclamation prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains?
The Proclamation of 1763.
What act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers?
The Quartering Act
Why did the Stamp Act of 1765 anger the colonists?
It was the first direct tax put on all colonists.
What was the 1767 Act the taxed manufactured goods shipped to the colonies, such as paper, glass, and paint?
Townshend Act
What Act in 1773 allowed British East India Company to sell tea directly to colonies: made imported tea cheaper, hurting colonial merchants?
Tea Act
What group of women encouraged colonists to drink coffee instead of tea?
The Daughters of Liberty
What was the name of the African American that was killed at the 1770 Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
What committee did Mercy Otis Warren set up to help spread news from Massachusetts to the other colonies?
Committee of Correspondence
What year was the Boston Tea Party?
1773
What are three parts of the Intolerable Acts?
Port of Boston closed, Massachusetts rights of self-government taken away, lalnd west of the Appalachians made part of Canada.
What year did the American Revolution start?
1775
What year did the American Revolution end?
1783
What was the name of the peace agreement that ended the AMerican Revolution?
Treaty of Paris
What was the name of the militia that was meant to be ready to fight with a one minute warning?
Minutemen
What was the bloodiest battle of the entire American Revolution?
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Who was the head of the Continental Army?
George Washington
Who wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense”?
Thomas Paine
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4th, 1776
What is the name given to the introduction to the Declaration of Indepenence?
The Preamble.
In which part of the Declaration were the pronciples of the new nation discussed?
THe second part.
In which part of the Declaration was the United States of America declared independent from Britian?
The fourth part.