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Question	Answer	% Correct
In what year did the 7 Year’s War end?	1763	91%
When were the Townshend Duties repealed?	1770	86%
When were the Townshend duties passed?	1767	82%
When was the Tea Act?	1773	82%
How many people died in the Boston Massacre of 1770?	5	77%
How much was the tea worth, sunk in the Boston Tea Party? (In pounds)	10,000	73%
When was it issued?	1775	73%
When was the Battle of Bunker Hill?	1775	73%
In what year were the battles of Lexington and Concord?	1775	73%
When did Britain declare all of Massechussetts to be in rebellion?	1775	73%
Who was appointed leader of the Continental Army?	George Washington	73%
When were the Articles of Confederation passed?	1781	68%
In what year was the Battle of Yorktown?	1781	68%
How many members of the Sons of Liberty took part in the Boston Tea Party?	60	68%
In what year were the Coercive Acts passed?	1774	64%
In what year did the French intervene in the Revolutionary War?	1778	64%
In what year did the British decide to seek peace?	1783	64%
Give the date of the Peace of Paris.	1783	64%
In 1778, 65% of the British Army was in North America. What was it by 1780?	20%	64%
What sum did Britain hope to raise with the Townshend duties per year? (In pounds)	40,000	64%
Who is identified as a tyrant in the Declaration of Independence?	King George III	64%
Who was King at the start and end of the Revolutionary War?	King George III	64%
When did Spain enter the War?	1779	59%
Which British General surrendered at Yorktown?	Cornwallis	59%
Who wrote Common Sense?	Thomas Paine	59%
How many copies did it sell?	12,000	55%
When was the Declaratory Act?	1776	55%
When was the Battle of Saratoga?	1777	55%
What name did the Americans give to the Coercive Acts?	Intolerable	55%
Who organised this body?	Sam Adams	55%
What percent of Britain’s Navy was present in America in the same year?	13%	50%
How many colonial militia-men surrounded Boston after the British retreated from Lexington?	20 000	50%
Name the body set up to provide a means of communication between the different colonies.	Committees of Correspondence	50%
Name the last civilian Governor of Boston?	Thomas Hutchinson	50%
What percentage of the population were loyalists in 1770, as calculated by the Patriots?	33%	45%
Which two British Generals failed to attend the Battle of Saratoga?	Clinton and Howe	45%
Who was the British commander at the Battle of Bunker Hill?	Howe	45%
Where did the Continental Congress meet in 1774?	Philadelphia	45%
How many ships did they have?	340	41%
Which three ships were involved in the incident in Boston?	Dartmouth, Eleanor, Beaver	41%
Which company had been given monopoly over trading Tea in America?	East India Trading Company	41%
What was the cost per year of administering the American Colonies by 1770? (In pounds)	350,000	36%
How late were reinforcements to Yorktown?	5 Days	36%
How many troops did the British have in Yorktown?	9000	36%
Which state signed the Articles of Confederation last in 1781?	Maryland	36%
Who fired the first shot at Lexington Green (“the shot that was heard around the world”)?	No one knows	36%
How many did the combined American and French have?	16,000	32%
How long was it before trade patterns between Britain and the newly independent Americans restored to pre-war levels?	5 years	32%
What was the yearly debt bill for Britain after the 7 Year’s War? (In pounds)	8 Million	32%
On what Hill did it actually take place?	Breeds	32%
Name the first victim of the Boston Massacre.	Crispus Atticus	32%
What sum did Britain gain through taxation per year? (In pounds)	4.4 Million	27%
What did Lord North say in response to the loss?	Oh God it’s all over	27%
How did Continental Congress finance the War?	Paper money	27%
Sum up how the King felt about the Revolution after the event in one word.	Regret	27%
How many chests of Tea were thrown into Boston harbour?	432	23%
How much debt was Britain in at the end of the Revolutionary War?	£232 million	18%
What was Britain’s population in 1776?	2.4 Million	18%
How many British casualties were there at Bunker Hill?	273	18%
What were the votes for and against the Olive Branch Petition in Britain?	83 to 33	18%
How many American casualties were there at Bunker Hill?	88	18%
What did the Americans do in response to the Townshend Duties?	Boycott of British goods	14%
Who was the American General?	Gates	14%
What did “most” Americans believe in? (2 words)	Glorious cause	14%
Name three things taxed by the Townshend Duties	Lead, paint and china	14%
What replaced the above Governor?	Military government under general Gage	14%
In what way did Quebec benefit from the Coercive Acts?	Religious freedom	14%
Name the French commanders now in America	Rochambeau, La Fayette and Comte Charles De Grasse	14%
Who led the winter invasion of Quebec in 1775?	Benedict Arnold	9%
What territory did they still hold even after deciding to seek peace?	Charleston and Savannah	9%
What happened when this proposal reached the House of Lords?	Defeated	9%
Give the full date of the Declaration of Independence.	July 4th 1776	9%
What was the impact of the above on Britain?	Changed defence priorities	5%
What was General Burgoyne’s plan?	Cut off north by linking Lake Champlain to the Hudson, meet with Clinton	5%
Which two groups did Britain have to rely on for support in the war (in terms of boots on the ground)? (2)	Hessians and Indians	5%
What did William Pitt the Elder propose to do to solve the rebellion?	Home government and repeal all taxes	5%
Who was present in the peace negotiations?	John Jay, John Adams, Ben Franklin	5%
Key feature of the Coercive Acts.	Murder trials to be held in England	5%
Key feature of the Coercive Acts.	Quartering Acts	5%
Key feature of the Coercive Acts.	Replace Hutchinson with Gage	5%
What did Burgoyne say upon his defeat (to his American victors)?	“The fortune of war has made me your prisoner General”	5%
Name the other areas Britain had to defend upon the intervention of France and Spain.	West and East Indies, Channel, India	5%
How many soldiers did the British have at their disposal in 1776?	8000, rising to 9000	0%
What happened to Burgoyne and his forces (which was not the term negotiated by Gates on the battlefield)?	All prisoners of war until 1783	0%
What were the main arguments in Common Sense?	America should form its own government	0%
What did the Declaratory Act do?	British could tax the colonies when and where they pleased	0%
What did they do in 1781?	Cleared the Mississippi Valley of British, sieged Gibraltar	0%
Key feature of the Coercive Acts.	Closure of Boston harbor until the tea is paid for	0%
What logistical issues did Britain face in the war?	Could only supply and defend the coasts, transfer across the Atlantic	0%
What did the Committees of Correspondence become in 1775?	De facto government of the USA	0%
Who led the conservative faction in Continental Congress (who did not want to break with Britain)?	John Dickson	0%
Name the strengths of Washington.	Morale, inventive tactics, use of militia, experienced - fought in the French and Indian wars	0%
What happened at Valley Forge?	More Americans died here than in all battles combined. Harsh winter, kept morale up.	0%
What two things Congress could not do after the Articles of Confederation.	Raise tax, no president	0%
What could Congress could do after the Articles of Confederation?	Set weights and measures, ask for men and money, declare war, foreign and Indian policy	0%
What happened on the Delaware River?	Surprise raid on Christmas eve, crossed icy river	0%
What was the main motivation of the British in 1776?	Teach the colonists a lesson	0%
Why did the patriots send the Olive Branch Petition knowing it was likely to be rejected?	To convert Loyalists into Patriots	0%
Name the outcomes of the Peace of Paris.	US independent, border set at Mississippi, safe treatment of loyalists, fishing rights, Senegal and Goree to France, Britain keeps Quebec and Caribbean	0%