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प्रश्न
Answer the following question
Explain the significance of the American Revolution.
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उत्तर
The American Revolution is an important landmark in the History of the World. It inspired the people of other colonies, including India, to overthrow their colonial masters and showed the path of democracy.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The American War of Independence was the first organized political revolution in the history of the world. In this context answer the following question:
Why did the American colonists refuse to pay taxes imposed by the British Parliament in London? Give an account of the Boston Tea Party incident.
Match the contents of Column A and Column B
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Boston Tea Party | (a) French thinkers and philosophers |
| 2. Battle of Waterloo | (b) First President of the United States of America |
| 3. Death of Napoleon | (c) England recognised of 13 colonies |
| 4. Louis XVI | (d) King of France |
| 5. 4th July 1776 | (e) Storming of Bastille |
| 6. 1783 | (f) Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia |
| 7. George Washington | (g) 1773 |
| 8. Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu | (h) 1815 |
| 9. 14th July 1789 | (i) 1821 |
The defeat of British at ____________ paved the way for the friendship between France and America.
What was the background for the storming of Bastille Prison?
The Second Continental Congress met on 10th May 1775 at ______.
Write a short note on “Plantations and the Slave Labour”.
The first Continental Congress met in ______.
Why were a series of taxes imposed on the colonists?
Write about the pamphlet ‘Common Sense’.
Answer all questions given under the heading.
Plantations and the slave labor
- Why did the southern states resort to acquiring slaves from Africa?
- How were these slaves treated?
- Did the Northern state resort to acquiring slaves? Give reasons.
- What happened to the Native Americans?
