Where did the Revolutionary War take place in June 1775?
Boston, Massachusetts (Bunker Hill)
Yorktown, Virginia
Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts
Who were the settlers of Georgia?
The Pilgrims came to Plymouth in 1620
Settlers from Massachusetts
Settlers from Virginia renting the land from landowners.
The British who were in debt
Who were the settlers of Deleware?
Thomas Hooker and people from his church at Massachusets
Settlers from Pennsylvinia
Some Puritans left Massachusetts
The Pilgrims came to Plymouth in 1620
Who settled at Pennsylvania?
The Quarkers (Giáo Hữu Hội)
The British who were in debt
Thomas Hooker and people from his church at Massachusets
What were the reasons for Establishment of Virginia?
to make money from land sales
for religious freedom
to find gold and trade tobacco with Europe
Some Puritans left Massachusetts to go to Rhode Island to ______________________________. They established the principle of separation of church and state.
to make money from land sales
start a new colony with religious freedom for everyone.
to find gold and trade tobacco with Europe
Who were the settlers of New Jersey?
Settlers rented the land from landowners
As early as 1660, Parliament had passed the __________ controlling trade between the colonies and England. These laws were passed because it was believed that the wealth of the colonies should go to the parent country
Navigation Acts
Townshend Acts
Stamp Acts
When was Townshend Acts put into practice?
1767
1770
1768
1765
Why did Thomas Hooker and people from his church left Massachusetts and came to Connecticut?
They wanted to find gold
They wanted to start a new colony with religious freedom
The farmland was better
Who won many battles in the Boston, Massachusetts (Bunker Hill)?
The colonists
The British
Who were the settlers of Connecticut?
Settlers from Virginia renting the land from landowners.
The British who were in debt
Thomas Hooker and people from his church at Massachusets
Why did the British need the colonies?
for economic reasons
What was the Townshend Acts?
taxes on printed materials
taxes on tea, lead, paint, paper, glass imported to the colo
Who were the settlers of North Carolina and South Carolina?
The Indians
The Pilgrims came to Plymouth in 1620
Settlers from Virginia renting the land from landowners.
Some Puritans left Massachusetts
When and where did the representatives of the Second Continental Congress declared the independence of the colonies from British rule?
July 4, 1776 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
After representatives for the colonists called on Britain to cancel the Intolerable Acts, Britain responded by ____________.
sending more troops.
approving with requests from the colonies.
The Spanish explored South America in search of ____________. Priests came to ______________
adventure and gold - teach the native people
Dutch settlers were living in ______________, but the British took the land from them and named it ____________-.
New York - New Netherlands
New Netherlands - New York
When did the British establish their first permanent settlement at Jamestown, Virginia?
1492
1610
1607
1600
On ___________________, George III, King of Great Britain, stood up in front of his Parliament and declared the American colonies to be in a state of rebellion.
26 December 1775
26 November 1775
26 October 1775
Who were the settlers of New Hampshire?
settlers from Virginia
settlers from Maryland
settlers from Massachusetts
Who were the settlers of Massachusetts?
The settlers from New Hampshire
The Pilgrims came to Plymouth in 1620
The Indians
During one protest in Boston, a fight broke out and several colonists were shot and killed. This incident became known as the __________.
Boston Massacre (March 1770)
When did England impose the Sugar Act?
1765
1764
1766
What was the Stamp Acts and when was it put into practice?
taxes on printed materials - 1764
taxes on printed materials - 1765
Who helped the colonists fight the war against New France?
British troops
How long did the French and Indian War last?
1754 - 1763
1754 - 1765
1754 - 1770
When did the Revolutionary War end?
1790
1783
1785
How did settlers from New Hampshire do to make a living?
fishing and trading
trading tobacco
finding gold
Where did the first fight of the Revolutionary War take place?
Yorktown, Virginia
Boston, Massachusetts (Bunker Hill)
Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts
The settlers from Massachusetts came for religious freedom, _______________
but they did not give the same freedom to other churches.
and they gave the same freedom to other churches.
The British decided that the colonies needed to be punished for the Boston Tea Party. They issued a number of new laws that the colonists called the___________
Intolerable Acts in 1774
Intolerable Acts in 1775
Who were the settlers of Rhode Island?
Some Puritans left Massachusetts
The Pilgrims came to Plymouth in 1620
The Indians
What was the Tea Act and when did it pass?
taxes on imported tea - 1773
taxes on imported tea - 1776
What was the main reason that the British tax the colonies?
to increase revenues for the costs of defending
All are correct
The French and Indian War put the British crown in debt
The expanding British Empire
What was the act of dumping all the tea from a British ship into Boston harbor?
Boston Tea Party - December 1773
Who established the first permanent settlement in North America at St. Augustine, Florida?
The Spanish
The English
The French
The Asian
Where did the American delegates sign a peace treaty with England in 1783?
Boston
Philadelphia
Paris, France
London, England
In 1774, twelve of the thirteen colonies sent representatives to the ________________ as a direct response to the Intolerable Acts
Second Continental Congress
First Continental Congress
The settlers killed many Indians and took their land. They pushed the Indians to the ________
west
north
east
south
When and where did the colonial army won some important battles and took control?
Yorktown, Virginia - October 19, 1781
Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts - April 19, 1775
Boston, Massachusetts (Bunker Hill) - June 1775
What did The Congress do to go agaisnt England?
stop buying British goods and demanded rights for colonists
These troops weren't ____ and Britain needed money to pay for the troops. The British Parliament decided to __________ to help pay for the troops.
free - tax the American colonies
Who did the King of England give Maryland to?
William Penn
Lord Baltimore
When did the Revolutionary War begin?
on April 22, 1775
on April 19, 1776
on April 19, 1775
According to the Treaty of Paris, the final agreement was that the_____________ would be the western border of the United States
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Who established Pennsylvania?
Lord Baltimore
The King of England
William Penn
Who entered the war on the side of the colonists in the battle in the middle and southern colonies?
Japan
France
Spain
Germany
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