From George vs. George:
British Parliament is made up of what two houses?
House of Lords (upper house) and House of Commons (lower house)
From George vs. George:
What are the two acts Parliament passed to raise money?
Sugar Act and Stamp Act
From George vs. George:
What was the name of the women’s group who wove their own cloth, made their
own ball gowns and brewed their own tea out of sassafras flowers?
Daughters of Liberty
From George vs. George:
Where was the Battle of Bunker Hill really fought?
Breed’s Hill
From George vs. George:
Where was the final battle between Britain and America fought?
Chesapeake Bay
From George vs. George:
What caused the black rain and thick, sooty smog in the overcrowded city of
London??
The coal that was used for fuel
From George vs. George:
Why did Great Britain make it illegal for colonists to settle the new territory (13
colonies) at first?
They wanted to reserve it for the Native Americans who had always lived
and hunted there.
From George vs. George:
What did England do to the colonies to try to raise money?
They made the colonists pay taxes
From George vs. George:
How many colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre?
Five
From George vs. George:
What did King George and Parliament do to punish the colonists for dumping tea
into the Boston Harbor?
They closed Boston Harbor
From George vs. George:
What was the biggest city in Eruope?
England
From George vs. George:
Where did the colonists get their tea when they refused to drink Britain’s?
Holland
From George vs. George:
Where did the “Shot heard round the world” take place?
Lexington and Concord
From George vs. George:
Who did some members of the Continental Congress want to replace
Washington?
Horatio Gates
From George vs. George:
Who was the English general at the battle of Yorktown?
General Cornwallis