7.2 Revolution in America - Q -

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AGE 7. The Time of Wigs and Revolutions

7.2 The American Revolution

Practise Questions

1a) Before there was a USA , there were only 13 colonies.
To which country did they belong?

1. The Dutch Republic
2. Britain
3. France
4. America

1b) Who do we mean when we speak of
the "American Colonists"?

1. People who lived in the British colonies in America
2. American people who lived in England
3. Americans who lived in the East Indies
4. Native Americans, or Indians

1c) What do you think Americans today celebrate on Independence Day?

1. The 13 colonies became 13 independent countries
2. The 13 colonies became independent from Britain
3. The 13 colonies were given more rights by Britain
4. Britain became independent from the 13 colonies

1d) How many years are there between the founding of the
1st and the 13th colony?

1e) Find out the meaning of the name of the first American colony: Virginia.

2a) What is a militia?

1. a group of mercenaries
2. temporary army made up of local people
3. a colonial army , sent from the motherland
4. an army at sea, used to patrol the coastline

2b) Why did the American colonists create their own militias?

3. What is an "act"?

1. a contract
2. a punishment
3. a grievance
4. a law

4a) Use this slogan to explain why the colonists
protested against British tax acts.

4c) What does this symbol represent?

Join, or Die’ – this political cartoon was recycled to encourage the former colonies to unite against British rule. Drawing by Benjamin Franklin (1754).

Tea Party Tax Payer Protest, Washington D.C. 12 September 2009. Detail: the Gadsden flag, designed by general and statesman Christopher Gadsden in 1775.

4b) Comparing the political cartoon
to the flag that was being
used by the Tea Party Tax Payer
Protest, which symbol can be found
in both pictures?

 Join, or Die’ – this political cartoon was recycled to encourage the former colonies to unite against British rule. Drawing by Benjamin Franklin (1754).

Tea Party Tax Payer Protest, Washington D.C. 12 September 2009. Detail: the Gadsden flag, designed by general and statesman Christopher Gadsden in 1775.

4d) What were they trying to say, using
this particular symbol?
Use the text in both sources to
support your answer.

Tea Party Tax Payer Protest, Washington D.C. 12 September 2009. Detail: the Gadsden flag, designed by general and statesman Christopher Gadsden in 1775.

Join, or Die’ – this political cartoon was recycled to encourage the former colonies to unite against British rule. Drawing by Benjamin Franklin (1754).

5. You watched the video of the Boston Massacre.
Explain how the events in the video differ from the painting.
Use elements from the painting to explain your answer.
Then write one sentence to express your view on the likely effect of the painting on the events that were to follow.

6a) Patriots were

1. British people who were loyal to the colonial governments
2. Colonists who opposed British rule
3. Colonists who were born in England
4. Colonists who were loyal to Britain

6b) The Boston Tea Party was:

1. an act of protest by colonists against British rule.
2. an act of protest by colonists against British taxation acts.
3. an act of protest by colonists against French rule.
4. an act of protest by colonists against French taxation acts.

7. What economical system forced the
colonists to buy only British tea?

8a) Is the cartoon a reliable or unreliable source when
you study the consequences of the
Boston tea Party?
Explain your answer.

“The Bostonians in distress.” Printed by Sayer and Bennett, London, 1774.

8b) This source is a political cartoon. It can be used as a
primary source when studying the consequences of
the Boston Tea Party. Work in pairs. Analyse the
cartoon to determine whether it is a reliable source
on this subject. What do you SEE in the cartoon?

“The Bostonians in distress.” Printed by Sayer and Bennett, London, 1774.

8c) What does this (previous answer) say about the
usability of this source for historical research?

“The Bostonians in distress.” Printed by Sayer and Bennett, London, 1774.

9a) On the front and back of the two dollar bill, you
can see a person and an event related to the
American Revolution.
Who is this person and what is the event shown
on this bill?

Obverse and reverse of the two dollar bill, as has been in print since 1976.

9b) What does this person have to do with
this event?

Obverse and reverse of the two dollar bill, as has been in print since 1976.

9c) What is the significance of the time the
US treasury started print with this design?

Obverse and reverse of the two dollar bill, as has been in print since 1976.

10. Which statement is true?

Statement I: The Declaration of Independence was written immediately after the peace treaty with Britain.
Statement II: The Declaration of Independence was based on ideas of the Enlightenment.

1. Statement I is true.
2. Statement II is true.
3. Both statements are true.
4. Both statements are false.

11. The power of the United States federal government was limited by:

1. the Declaration of Independence.
2. the Bill of Rights.
3. the Constitution.
4. the federation.

The supreme law of a country describing the relationship between citizens and government, and how the government works.

A country which consists of states each with their own government, ruled by a federal government on the national level.

A nickname for the first ten amendments to the US constitution describing individual rights of the citizens.

12.

 Federation

Bill of Rights

 Constitution

13. Upload a picture of the printed, and finished
(handwritten) handout: "a Federal Government".

14. Upload a picture of the printed, and
finished (handwritten) handout: "how the
Federal Government works".

congratulations

you can use the next video as a visual overview of this lesson