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History test 2
test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What year did the Proclamation line happen? | 1763 |
| What did John Hancock do? | he was the first person to sigh the decaration |
| what year was the French and Indian war | 1754-1763 |
| what year was the Boston massacre? | 1770 |
| what year was the Boston tea party? | 1773 |
| what year was the Intolerable Acts? | 1774 |
| what year was the Battles of Lexington and Concord and of Bunker Hill? | 1775 |
| what year was the Declaration of Independence signed? | July 4, 1776 |
| what did George III do? | ruled Great Britain and Ireland for nearly 60 years from 1760 to 1820 |
| what did Charles Townshend do? | Chancellor of the Exchequer who proposed the Townshend Acts of 1767 |
| what did George Washington do? | led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War and served as the first president of the USA. |
| what did John Hancock do? | was an American Founding Father and merchant who served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence. |
| what did Crispus Attucks do? | an African and Native American sailor who became the first person killed in the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. |
| what did Paul Revere do? | was a colonial silversmith and American patriot best known for his historic "midnight ride" to warn colonists that British troops were approaching. |
| what did Samuel Adams do? | was an American Founding Father, political philosopher, and revolutionary leader who helped spark the American Revolution by organizing colonial resistance against British taxation. |
| what did Thomas Gage do? | was a British general and colonial administrator who served as the commander-in-chief of British forces in North America and the military governor of Massachusetts during the outbreak of the American Revolution. |
| what did Benjamin Franklin do? | was an American Founding Father, printer, scientist, inventor, and diplomat who helped shape the early United States. |
| what did Patrick Henry do? | was an American revolutionary leader and orator best known for his fiery Patrick Henry speech declaring, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" |
| what did John Adams do? | second President of the United States from 1797 to 1801 and as the first Vice President under George Washington. |
| what did Abigail Adams do? | was a trusted political advisor, an early advocate for women's rights, and the First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John Adams |
| what did Ethan Allen do? | was an American Revolutionary War patriot, a leader of the Green Mountain Boys, and a key founder of the state of Vermont. |
| what did Thomas Paine do? | was an English-born political philosopher, writer, and Founding Father who wrote influential pamphlets that inspired the American and French Revolutions. |
| what did Thomas Jefferson do? | wrote the Declaration of Independence and served as the third U.S. president from 1801 to 1809. |
| what did Phillis Wheatley do? | broke historic barriers as the first African American and first enslaved person in the United States to publish a book of poetry. |
| what did Henry Knox do? | was a self-taught military expert, the chief artillery commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and the first U.S. Secretary of War. |
| what is this and its significance :salutary neglect | was an unofficial British policy in the 17th and 18th centuries that relaxed the strict enforcement of trade laws and parliamentary rules in the American colonies, as long as they remained loyal and economically profitable |
| what is this and its significance : self government | Self-government is a system where the citizens of a country or community rule themselves instead of answering to a king or an outside power |
| what is this and its significance : representation | Representation is the act of standing for, symbolizing, or acting on behalf of someone or something else. |
| what is this and its significance : French and Indian war | The French and Indian War was the North American conflict (1754–1763) of the global Seven Years' War that pitted Great Britain and its colonists against France and its Native American allies. |
| what is this and its significance :proclamation of 1763 | The Proclamation of 1763 was a royal decree issued by British King George III on October 7, 1763, that banned American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| what is this and its significance :stamp act | The Stamp Act of 1765 was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament on the American colonies that required printed materials to bear a tax stamp |
| what is this and its significance :sons of liberty | Sons of Liberty were a grassroots network of American colonists who used organized protest, propaganda, and civil disobedience to actively undermine British rule and spark the American Revolution |
| what is this and its significance :mob | Patriot mobs in the American Revolution were organized groups of colonial protesters who used intimidation, property destruction, and physical violence to resist British taxation and policies. |
| what is this and its significance :tar and feather | Tarring and feathering during the Revolutionary War era was a form of public torture and humiliation used by American Patriots against British officials, tax collectors, and Loyalists. |
| what is this and its significance :declaratory act | The Declaratory Act of 1766 was a law passed by the British Parliament that asserted its absolute authority to make laws binding on the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever". |
| what is this and its significance : Boston massacre | The Boston Massacre was a deadly street riot on March 5, 1770, where British soldiers shot and killed five American colonists in Boston, Massachusetts |
| what is this and its significance : Boston tea party | The Boston Tea Party was a political protest on December 16, 1773, where American colonists dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor. |
| what is this and its significance :intolerable acts | The Intolerable Acts were a series of five harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party |
| what is this and its significance : minutemen | Minutemen were elite civilian volunteer militia groups during the American Revolutionary War who trained to mobilize and fight at a minute's notice |
| what is this and its significance :second continental congress | The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the thirteen American colonies that began in May 1775 in Philadelphia to act as the national government during the American Revolutionary War |
| what is this and its significance :continental army | The Continental Army was the unified military force established by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, to fight for the The Continental Army against British rule during the American Revolutionary War. |
| what is this and its significance :olive branch petition | The Olive Branch Petition was a final, July 1775 attempt by the Second Continental Congress to avoid full-scale war with Great Britain by pledging colonial loyalty to King George III and asking him to address their grievances. |
| what is this and its significance :laws of nature and of natures God | The phrase "the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God" is a foundational philosophical concept from the opening sentence of the Declaration of Independence that refers to universal moral principles rooted in human reason and divine creation. |
| what is this and its significance : self evident | a fact or statement is so clear and obvious that it needs no proof, explanation, or further demonstration to be true |
| what is this and its significance : natural rights | Natural rights are inherent freedoms and basic privileges that every person possesses simply by being human, rather than by the grace of any government or law |
| what is this and its significance :equality | the principle that all people have the same rights, freedoms, and status, and receive equal treatment under the law regardless of their background. |
| what is this and its significance :unalienable | what is this and its significance :unalienable |
| what is this and its significance : liberty | the fundamental state or right of individuals to act, speak, and think without arbitrary or unreasonable external control by the government. |
| what is this and its significance :pursuit of happiness | declaring that all people have unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. |
| what is this and its significance :consent of the governed | a government's legitimacy and right to use power come only from the agreement of the people |
| what is this and its significance :slavery | a system in which one human being legally owns another as property and forces them to work without freedom or fair pay |
| what is this and its significance : patriot act | The USA PATRIOT Act is a federal law passed in October 2001 in response to the September 11 terrorist attacks, designed to expand law enforcement and intelligence agencies' surveillance and investigative powers to combat terrorism. |
| what is this and its significance : revolutionary act | a bold action that breaks established laws or norms to challenge and change a ruling power or social system. |
| what is this and its significance :tory | an American colonist who remained faithful to the British Crown and opposed independence |
| Explain how each battle began, narrate what happened in it and how, and explain the significance of the battle’s outcome:French and Indian War | French and Indian War (1754–1763) was the North American theater of the Seven Years' War, fought primarily between Great Britain and France alongside their respective Native American allies. |
| Explain how each battle began, narrate what happened in it and how, and explain the significance of the battle’s outcome:Lexington and Concord | The Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, marked the explosive start of the American Revolutionary War. |
| Explain how each battle began, narrate what happened in it and how, and explain the significance of the battle’s outcome:Fort Ticonderoga | The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (May 10, 1775) was the first offensive victory for the American colonists in the Revolutionary War. |
| Explain how each battle began, narrate what happened in it and how, and explain the significance of the battle’s outcome:Fort Ticonderoga | American colonial militia surrounded British-occupied Boston, trapping the British army inside the city. In June 1775, the colonists learned that British commanders planned to send troops out of the city to occupy the surrounding hills of Charlestown to b |
| know by heart : what is the Patrick Henry line | “Give me liberty or give me death!”—Patrick Henry |
| know by hear; what is the first two paragraphs of the declaration of independence dependance? | see docs.house.gov |
| what happened in the Boston Massacre tell in narrative form? | On the freezing night of March 5, 1770, a single confrontation on King Street in Boston turned political tension into deadly gunfire |
| what happened in the Boston Tea Party tell in narrative from ? | he Boston Tea Party was a defiant midnight protest on December 16, 1773, where American colonists dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor. |
| what happened at Minutemen at the Battles of Lexington and Concord? | During the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, colonial Minutemen—members of elite local militia units ready to mobilize at a minute's notice. |
| what happened at Liberation of Boston? | The Liberation of Boston, also known as the Evacuation of Boston, ended on March 17, 1776, when British forces fled the city after an 11-month siege by the Continental Army |
| what happened at battle of bunker hill ? | The Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, was a fierce early clash of the American Revolution where outnumbered colonial militia inflicted devastating casualties on British redcoats before being forced to retreat |
| what happened at Biographies and the roles of George Washington Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson up through 1776? | Up through 1776, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson transformed from loyal British subjects into the core architects of a new American nation, each playing a distinct and critical role in the outbreak of the American Re |
| what happened at Ethan Allen, Henry Knox, and the Green Mountain Boys capturing guns from fort ticonderoga? | Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys launched a surprise dawn raid to capture Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775, seizing vital cannons without firing a single shot. |
| Why had the colonies been mostly left to their own devices? Why was this “neglect” “salutary”? | The British colonies were largely left to their own devices because Great Britain wanted to maximize economic profits while minimizing the high cost of strict enforcement and military oversight. |
| How did the British situation following the French and Indian War lead the British to exert more authority over the colonists? | Great Britain faced massive national debt and vast new territories to manage, causing the British government to end its long-standing policy of salutary neglect and exert strict direct authority over the American colonies. |
| What is self–government? In what ways was the colonists’ freedom to govern themselves threatened and curtailed by the British between 1763 and 1776? | self-government is a system where the citizens of a country or community rule themselves and make their own laws, rather than being ruled by an outside power or an absolute monarch. |
| In what ways did the British begin to exert control over the colonists without their consent? | he British Parliament began exerting control over the American colonies without their consent by passing direct taxes and restrictive laws despite the colonists having no elected representatives in Parliamen |
| What were the two oftentimes competing approaches the colonists took to addressing Parliament’s actions? | The two competing approaches the American colonists took to address Parliament's actions were moderation (peaceful protest and legal petition) and radicalism (direct action and violent resistance) |
| How did the Boston Massacre change public opinion among the colonists? | The Boston Massacre turned widespread colonial frustration into active, unified outrage against British military presence and parliamentary taxation |
| Why did Parliament pass the Intolerable Acts? Name the five actions the Intolerable Acts accomplished. | The British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts in 1774 to punish theMassachusetts Bay Colony for the Boston Tea Party and to reestablish royal authority.Boston Port Act,Massachusetts Government Act,Administration of Justice Act,Quartering Act,Quebec |
| In what ways did Thomas Paine’s Common Sense influence public opinion? | Thomas Paine’s 79-page pamphlet Common Sense transformed the American debate in 1776 by shifting public opinion from a desire for reconciliation with Britain to an overwhelming demand for complete independence |
| What actions by the British in the spring of 1776 prompted Richard Henry Lee of Virginia to introduce a motion for independence? | By the spring of 1776, British actions—specifically the enforcement of the Prohibitory Act and the hiring of foreign mercenaries—convinced colonial leaders that reconciliation was impossible and prompted the move for independence. |
| What are “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God”? | The phrase "the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God" appears in the opening paragraph of the Declaration of Independence to justify the American colonies' separation from Great Britain by appealing to a higher moral and legal authority than earthly kings. |
| What is a “self–evident” truth? | A self-evident truth is a statement that is so obviously true it needs no proof, evidence, or complex reasoning to be accepted . When you understand the meaning of the words, you immediately know the statement is true. |
| What does it mean that “all men are created equal”? | The phrase "all men are created equal" means that all people share an inherent human worth and basic rights that no government or ruler can grant or rightfully take away |
| What is a right? | A right is a moral, social, or legal entitlement that defines what a person is allowed to do or what is owed to them by others |
| According to the Declaration of Independence, from where do natural rights come? | According to the Declaration of Independence, natural (or unalienable) rights come from the Creator/ God. |
| What does “unalienable” mean? | Unalienable means impossible to take away, give up, or transfer to someone else |
| What is liberty according to the Founders? | According to America's Founders, liberty is an unalienable, God-given right to act freely within the bounds of moral law and self-restraint, rather than the mere freedom to indulge any desire |
| Why did Jefferson use “the pursuit of happiness” instead “of property”? | used “the pursuit of happiness” instead of “property” because happiness was a broader, more inclusive ideal, and because property could be interpreted to include enslaved people. |
| What is the purpose of government? | The primary purpose of government is to establish order, protect individual rights, and promote the general welfare of society |
| From where does a government derive its just powers? | According to the Declaration of Independence, governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed |
| What are the people free—and even obligated—to do if the government fails or violates its purpose? | According to the Declaration of Independence, if a government fails to protect the basic natural rights of the people, citizens have the right and the duty to alter or abolish it and to institute a new government. |
| Why did northern delegates, who were opposed to slavery and wanted it abolished, believe that compromising with southern delegates by omitting the issue of slavery from the Declaration’s list of grievances would be more likely to lead to the abolition | Northern delegates compromised on slavery in 1776 because they believed that achieving immediate national unity was the only way to defeat Great Britain, and without a united nation, the cause of abolition would be completely lost. |
| How does the fact that America was founded with the words of the Declaration of Independence make America the exception in the history of nations, even exceptional? | America is exceptional because it was founded not on a shared bloodline, tribe, or king, but on a universal political creed |
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