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American History: Colonies to Revolution
American History: Colonies to Revolution
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A #blindquiz to review #AmericanHistory up to the Revolutionary War.
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1
What is that famous slogan American's told Great Britain after new taxes were instituted?
"Join or Die!"
"Death and Taxes!"
"No Taxation without Representation!"
"United we Stand!"
2
The colonists had British soldiers for protection and these men who could be readied quickly
American military
Minutemen
Lobster Backs
Hussars
3
What were the people called that first colonized America?
Raiders
Proletarians
Pilgrims
Plebeians
4
What was the first settlement in North America?
Roanoke
Jamestown
New York
Philadelphia
5
He was a general for the American colonists during the Revolutionary War
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Barack Obama
Benjamin Franklin
6
"No Taxation without Representation!" - What did the American colonies want based on this?
Independence
More taxes
Less Taxes
Political representation in the British Government
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By the end of the 17th century (1699) which empires had colonies in North America?
America, Portugal, Rome
Germany, England, China
England, France, Spain
Mexico, Canada, America
8
Which Empire was in control of the American colonies?
Germany
Great Britain
Spain
France
9
Which of the following was NOT one of the new tax laws?
The Tea Act
The Townshend Act
The Stamp Act
The Coercive Act
10
Where in Europe did those people come from?
Germany
Great Britain
Spain
Italy
11
The French-Indian War was fought between who?
France and Britain
France and Indians
France and Native Americans
Canada and Britain
12
This document, signed July 4th in 1776, signaled the American Colonists intents for the war
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The Emanicpation Proclamation
13
Were American colonists British citizens before the Revolutionary War?
No
Yes
14
What does Great Britain start doing to the American colonies to pay off their debts?
Prioritize imports to the colonies from Great Britain
Start new wars to take more territory
Kill them all
Institute new taxes
15
Who won the American Revolutionary War?
Great Britain
France
America
Native Americas
16
Who originally called the North American continent home?
Numerous tribes and settlements of indigenous peoples
Canadian
The Spanish
Pilgrims
17
The French-Indian War impacted Great Britain negatively how?
Great Britain lost
Great Britain was left with no military
Great Britain lost parts of their empire
Great Britain was left bankrupt after a long war
18
This famous image started showing up in colonial newspapers in the 1754, what does it mean?
That France should leave North America
That people should work together
That the 13 colonies should all unite for strength
That Great Britain should leave North America
19
What was the war called fought before the Revolutionary War from 1754-1763
The French-Indian War
The French-Spanish War
The French-Iroqouis War
The British-French War
20
True or False: The Pilgrims were very open to other people's religions and ways of life?
True
False
21
After the French-Indian War, Britain outlawed colonists traveling west past colonial borders in
The Bill of Rights
The Townshend Acts
The Proclamation of 1763
The Intolerable Acts
22
Did Great Britain TECHNICALLY have the right to tax their own citizens?
No
Yes
23
What's a good way for an empire to make money?
Taxes
Taxes
Taxes
Taxes
24
How many American Colonies were there?
13
5
24
1
25
American citizens rebelled against a tax on tea during what famous event
The Boston Massacre
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
The Boston Tea Party
The Revolutionary War
26
What was the primary reason they sailed to the Americas?
To help the English Empire spread
To spread their faith to a new continent
For God, Gold, and Glory
To flee religious persecution and make a new home
27
What did Great Britain continue to do regardless of what the American Colonists wanted?
Less Taxes
More Taxes
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In 1776 British soldiers and American minutemen exchanged fire between Lexington and Concord
This started the American Civil War
This ended the American Revolutionary War
This started the American Revolutionary War
This started the French-Indian War
