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Test 2 2026-27
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did the British government (King and Parliament) pass new tax laws, such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act of 1765, in the colonies? | After the French and Indian War, Britain ended up owing a lot of money (debt) to pay for this war and wanted the colonies to pay taxes to help with the French and Indian War debt. |
| What was another reason why new tax laws were passed by the British? | British soldiers were needed to protect the colonists. |
| Why did the British government close the port of Boston? | The colonists had dumped tons of tea in the Boston harbor called the Boston Tea Party. |
| What kind of government chooses people to represent them in government and the power belongs to the people? | Representative government |
| The government is formed by the people and gets its power from the people is the basic belief from what document? | Declaration of Independence |
| Why did the colonists go to war with Great Britain? | Colonists were angered by the acts and taxes forced on them without their consent and the colonists did not feel they should be taxed for the French and Indian War debts. |
| How did the colonists show that they distrusted the British government because they had not been treated fairly? | They wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Which group of men dressed up like Native Americans and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor? | Sons of Liberty |
| Who was the founder and leader of the Sons of Liberty who carried out the Boston Tea Party? | Samuel Adams |
| He is the commander in chief of the continental army, who is he? | George Washington |
| What is the name of the event in which 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers in the streets of Boston? | Boston Massacre |
| What were the first two battles of the Revolutionary War? | Lexington and Concord |
| What does the join or die cartoon by Benjamin Franklin mean? | Join the colonies to fight for freedom or be defeated by the British. |
| Who was the primary (main) author of the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What are some of the results of the Revolutionary War? | United States was recognized as an independent country by Britain, the U.S. gained new land, the war officially ended in 1783, the Mississippi River was set as the new western border. |
| What effect did Paul Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre have on colonists? | Colonists grew angrier towards the British. |
| What is the purpose the Sons of Liberty? | A group created by Samuel Adams to protest the British Stamp Act of 1765, which taxed paper materials. |
| What are some of the causes of the Revolutionary War? | Stamp Act of 1765, Sugar Act, Townshend Act, Quartering Act, Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, Intolerable Acts and the Tea Act. |
| What is Yankee Doodle? | The song that was sung by the British to mock or to make fun of the American soldiers. |
| What did the Treaty of Paris of 1783 not do? | It did not force the British pay for the expenses incurred during the Revolutionary War. |
| Why did the King issue the Proclamation of 1763? | After the French and Indian War, England was concerned that the colonists would move past the Appalachian mountains where it would be harder for England to control and protect the colonists. |
| Closed the port of Boston, king took over government of Massachusetts, no town meetings without permission, Quartering Act ,what was it called? | The Intolerable Acts |
| Who engraved the Boston Massacre illustration? | Paul Revere |
| As punishment for the Boston Tea Party, the King and the British government did what? | Closed Boston Harbor and banned town meetings |
| The effect(result) of the French and Indian War was? | The French lost their colonies in North America and the British colonies doubled in size. |
| The Founding Fathers are who and did what? | They are political leaders who founded the United States. They signed the Declaration of Independence. They were involved in the American Revolution and created the U.S. Constitution. |
| George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison are who? | The United States Founding Fathers. |
| What was document that was signed to end the Revolutionary War and the colonists got their independence from England? | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
| Who wrote the poem about Paul Revere's midnight ride? | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Why was the poem about Paul Revere midnight ride an exaggeration? | There were 2 other men who rode with Paul Revere to warn the colonists that the British were coming. |
| What is monarchy? | One person is in charge of everyone else. He or she inherited his/her position called a Queen or King. |
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