Twenty Questions

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Twenty Questions

• SubjectRevolutionary Times

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Twenty Questions
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1. The American Revolutionary War was between
which two groups/countries?

• Britain and American Colonists.

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2. The war began in approximately what year?

• 1775

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3. This man was an important thinker
(philosopher) of colonial times. He believed the
purpose of government was to protect peoples
natural rights.

• John Locke

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4. Ideas about having a revolution were spread
throughout the colonies because of three things.
What are they?

• Word of mouth-Speeches, Newsletters-Written and
  Letters-Written sent by Mail.

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5. Name three events that angered the colonists
before the War.

• Stamp Act, Coercive Acts(Intolerable Acts),
  Boston Massacre, Proclamation of 1763.

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6. What was the Great Awakening.

• A movement that emphasized renewed interest in
  religion regardless of social standing.

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7. In colonial America where you fit in society
depended on these two main things.

• Occupation
• Wealth

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8. In Britain where you fit in society depended
on these two main things.

• Family
• Tradition

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9. What was the Enlightenment?

• A movement that emphasized science and reason as
  the guides to life. This encouraged thinkers and
  inventors such as Benjamin Franklin.

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10. The Revolutionary War began at the Battles
of _____ and _____.

• Lexington
• Concord

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11. This meeting was held by colonial delegates
in 1774. The purpose was to appeal to King George
III.

• The First Continental Congress.

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12. The colonists held this event in response to
the Tea Act. The Tea Act allowed one East India
Tea company to sell tea to the colonists without
paying the British tax. This meant the colonists
couldnt compete in selling tea because their tea
cost more due to the tea tax they had to pay .

• Boston Tea Party

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13. In March 1770 a group of youths and
dockworkers began insulting and throwing
snowballs at a British guard in Boston. This
event ensued(followed).

• Boston Massacre.

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14. This famous leader was asked to draft the
Declaration of Independence and later became our
second Vice-president and third President.

• Thomas Jefferson

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15. This document was signed in 1781 thus ending
the Revolutionary War.

• Treaty of Paris

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16. The terms of the Treaty of Paris were what
two things.

• British remove all troops from American soil
• Acknowledged the Independence of the Americans
  from Britain and set the new boundaries for the
  United States including all land west of the
  Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River
  and all land from Canada to Florida.

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17. One of the last battles of the Revolutionary
war in 1783, in which Britain surrendered.

• Battle of Yorktown

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18. A small group of colonists that protested
the Stamp Act.

• Sons of Liberty

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19. This forbid colonists from settling West of
the Appalachian Mountains.

• Proclamation of 1763.

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20. Laws passed by British Parliament that
placed taxes on lead, glass, tea, and paper.

• Townsend Acts