American Revolution

Question 1

Above is an example Ben Franklin’s political cartoon what was the purpose behind the propaganda

Accepted Answer

Demonstrate how the colonies needed to unite against Britain

Question 2

Valley Forge was an American soldier camp located in which state?

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Pennsylvania

Question 3

The major turning point of the Revolutionary War-

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Battle of Saratoga

Question 4

The British government established the Proclamation Line of 1763 mainly to...

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avoid future conflicts with Native Americans.

Question 5

Which best describes the idea of, “No taxation without representation?”

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Allows citizens to have a voice in creating laws/taxes

Question 6

This help with the increasing number of Redcoats in the colonies after the Sugar Act was passed

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Quartering Act

Question 7

At the battle of Yorktown, the British were trapped and forced to surrender because…

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A blockade would not allow for British reinforcements.

Question 8

After the French and Indian War, this was the first law imposed on the colonists

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Proclamation of 1763

Question 9

Where was the Americans’ first sneak attack after Washington’s talk in the war’s 1st winter?

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Trenton, NJ

Question 10

The Sugar Act punished

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Smugglers

Question 11

What is NOT represented on the North Carolina State Flag?

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Three Stars

Question 12

According to Thomas Jefferson, from where do people get their “inalienable rights?”

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The Creator

Question 13

The name of the group who dressed up as Native Americans and carried out the Boston Tea Party?

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Sons of Liberty

Question 14

How did the Regulator Movement affect the beginning of the Revolution in North Carolina?

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Helped encourage the other colonies to arm against Britain

Question 15

Soldiers from one country who are hired and paid to fight for another country are known as-

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Mercenaries

Question 16

Which of the following was one of the condition of the Treaty of Paris 1783?

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The US was to be seen as a sovereign nation and independent

Question 17

Decreased a tax on sugar, but increased the enforcement of the tax.

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Sugar Act

Question 18

Taxed legal documents and other items, and led to the creation of the Sons of Liberty.

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Stamp Act

Question 19

Who were the minutemen?

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Patriots who were ready to fight at anytime.

Question 20

What was an effect of the Proclamation of 1763 that was felt during the American Revolution?

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Natives befriended the British

Question 21

A violent confrontation that was incorrectly portrayed through propaganda by Paul Revere.

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Boston Massacre

Question 22

Taxed tea.

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Townshend Act

Question 23

What did Governor William Tryon do that enraged the colonists of North Carolina?

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He raised taxes to pay for a new Governor’s Mansion

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