NC and the Revolution

Question 1

What event ended the Regulator movement in North Carolina?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Alamance

Question 2

Which historical figure supported the Regulators of North Carolina?

Accepted Answer

Herman Husband

Question 3

Why was the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge significant?

Accepted Answer

First battle of Revolutionary war in the southern colonies.

Question 4

North Carolina was the first colony to take an official stand for _______________.

Accepted Answer

independence from Great Britain

Question 5

The Regulators were frustrated farmers from the ___________ region of North Carolina.

Accepted Answer

Piedmont

Question 6

The Regulators were unhappy with the lack of _______ in/from colonial government.

Accepted Answer

representation

Question 7

Which social class had the most control in North Carolina colonial government?

Accepted Answer

Wealthy Planters

Question 8

Which Battle of the American Revolution was known as the "Lexington of the South"?

Accepted Answer

Moore's Creek Bridge

Question 9

In which region of North Carolina did the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge take place?

Accepted Answer

Coastal Plain

Question 10

This formal independence was written in a document known as the _____________.

Accepted Answer

Halifax Resolves

Question 11

Why were the Regulators important?

Accepted Answer

They were protesting the lack of colonial representation.

Question 12

The Edenton Tea Party was an attempt to __________ British Tea in North Carolina.

Accepted Answer

boycott

Question 13

What was the first official rejection of British rule in the American colonies?

Accepted Answer

The Mecklenburg Resolves

Question 14

American Colonists who desired independence from England were called...

Accepted Answer

patriots

Question 15

What do Richard Caswell, Joseph Hewes, and William Hopper have in common?

Accepted Answer

They all represented NC in the first Continental Congress.

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