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Learn about England's reasons for control over the American colonies, key figures like Paul Revere and Thomas Jefferson, and significant events such as the Boston Tea Party and the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
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$100 Question from Causes What were England’s reasons for control over the American colonies?
$100 Answer from Causes England desired to remain a world power. They imposed taxes, such as the Stamp Act to raise necessary revenue to pay the cost of the French and Indian War.
$200 Question from Causes What were some of the England’s reasons for taxation of the American colonies?
$200 Answer from Causes • To help finance the French and Indian War • To help with the maintaining of English troops in the colonies
$300 Question from Causes What were some sources of colonial dissatisfaction?
$300 Answer from Causes • Colonies had no representation in Parliament • Some colonies resented power of colonial governors • England wanted strict control over colonial legislatures • Colonies opposed taxes • The Proclamation of 1763 hampered the western movement of settlers
$400 Question from Causes As England expanded control over the American colonies, what was the reaction of many colonists?
$400 Answer from Causes Many colonists became dissatisfied and rebellious.
$500 Question from Causes What ideas/philosophies about government were expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
$500 Answer from Causes • Key Philosophies: • People have “certain unalienable rights” (rights that cannot be taken away) – life, liberty, pursuit of happiness • People establish government to protect those rights • Government derives power from the people • People have a right and a duty to change a government that violates their rights.
$100 Question from Key People • Whose ideas included: • Using posters to persuade the public’s opinion is known as?
$100 Answer from Key People Propaganda
$200 Question from Key People Who rode with Paul Revere?
$200 Answer from Key People William Dawes/Sam Prescott
$300 Question from Key People Who was the patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival?
$300 Answer from Key People Paul Revere
$400 Question from Key People What is Thomas Paine known for?
$400 Answer from Key People He was a journalist and author of Common Sense.
$500 Question from Key People Describe the role played by Thomas Jefferson in declaring independence.
$500 Answer from Key People He was the author.
$100 Question from More Key People Who was King George III?
$100 Answer from More Key People King George III was the British King during the Revolutionary era.
$200 Question from More Key People What roles did George Washington and Thomas Jefferson play in the Revolutionary era?
$200 Answer from More Key People George Washington was Commander and Chief of the Continental Army. Thomas Jefferson was the major author of the Declaration of Independence.
$300 Question from More Key People Who was the first casualty of the Boston Massacre?
$300 Answer from More Key People Chrispus Attucks
$400 Question from More Key People Who were the British going to arrest for Treason?
$400 Answer from More Key People Sam Adams/John Hancock
$500 Question from More Key People What tacticts did the militia use at Concord?
$500 Answer from More Key People Used a shortcut to ambush the British
$100 Question from Key Events This was the sight of the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War.
$100 Answer from Key Events Battle of Lexington and Concord
$200 Question from Key Events What was the Boston Tea Party?
$200 Answer from Key Events Patriots, led by Samuel Adams and Paul Revere, threw tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.
$300 Question from Key Events What was the name of the event in which colonists were shot after taunting British soldiers?
$300 Answer from Key Events The Boston Massacre
$400 Question from Key Events What occurred at the approval of the Declaration of Independence?
$400 Answer from Key Events Colonies declared independence from England (July 4, 1776).
$500 Question from Key Events What American victory was the turning point in the war?
$500 Answer from Key Events The Battle of Saratoga
$100 Question from More Key Events What were some key events that occurred during the Revolutionary War? Name at least four.
$100 Answer from More Key Events Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party First Continental Congress Battle of Lexington and Concord Approval of Declaration of Independence Battle of Saratoga Surrender at Yorktown Signing of the Treaty of Paris
$200 Question from More Key Events What marked the end of the Revolutionary War?
$200 Answer from More Key Events The Surrender at Yorktown by Lord Cornwallis
$300 Question from More Key Events What occurred at the signing at the Treaty of Paris?
$300 Answer from More Key Events England recognized American independence.
$400 Question from More Key Events How many sections on the DOI? Name them.
$400 Answer from More Key Events 4. Preamble, Declaration of Natural Rights, List of Grievances, Resolution of Independence
$500 Question from More Key Events What occurred at the First Continental Congress?
