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APUSH content quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the name of the acts placed on Boston as punishment? | intolerable acts |
| the first of the taxes created to stop the colonists from smuggling goods from other countries | sugar act |
| the document listing all of the grievances to the king of England | the declaration of independence |
| what prohibited colonists from expanding west? | the proclamation line of 1763 |
| the tax the British government placed on the books, newspaper, and documents sold in colonies | stamp act |
| required colonies to house and feed troops | quartering act |
| tax placed on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea | townshed acts |
| the leader of the continental army during the revolutionary war | George Washington |
| these battles got the nickname, "shot heard around the war" | The Battles of Lexington and Concord |
| who trained and drilled the American army | Freiherr von Steuben |
| who warned the colonists that the British were coming | Paul Revere and William Dawes |
| the American officer who was an early hero then a traitor of the revolutionary war | Benedict Arnold |
| 5 colonists were shot in the streets | Boston massacre |
| this was a British victory only because the American militia ran out of ammunition | bunker hill |
| the colonial response to the tea act | Boston tea party |
| this was taken by the colonists without taking a shot | Ticonderoga |
| the first signer of the declaration of independence | John Hancock |
| these people were known as whigs and wanted independence | patriots |
| winter refuge of the continental army | valley forge |
| French aid to Washington | Lafayette |
| place where Washington and his army crossed the Delaware river on christmas | Trenton |
| these people were known as tories and people who were loyal to the crown | loyalists |
| last battle of the revolutionary war | battle of York town |
| turning point of the war | Saratoga |
| the date of the declaration of independence | July 4, 1776 |
| what did the colonists mean when they said, "no taxation without representation" | it was because colonists were not part of the British parliament so they claimed that any taxes placed on them was unconstitutional (parliamentary sovereignty) |
| how did John Lockes with his essay influence Thomas Jefferson when writing the declaration of independence? | he wanted to put similar principles, like life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
| what song did British play at Yorktown | the world turned upside down |
| what document was sent to the king as a last try for peace | olive branch petition |
| what was the first direct tax that enraged the colonists | stamp act |
| what is another name for the intolerable acts? | coercive act |
| how did the colonist protest? | boycott |
| after the Boston massacre, the British brought peace to the colonies temporally by repealing this | townshed acts |
| the special militia unit in concord Massachusetts | minutemen |
| the first country to acknowledge the americas as an independent nation | france |
| why was the national government formed under the articles of confederation weak? | it did not regulate specific rights, regulate trade or impose taxes |
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