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प्रश्न
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
Which particular incident sparked off the American War of independence? What is the importance of this event?
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उत्तर
The American War of Independence was sparked off by an incident known as the Boston Tea Party. In 1773, a group of colonists, disguised as Native Americans, raided British ships in Boston harbor. British ships in Boston harbor and threw 340 crates of tea into the sea. This incident was a protest against the new taxes, including a tax on tea, imposed on the colonies. The importance of this act was that it was an act of open defiance of the colonists against British authority.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank:
In 1776, the representatives of the colonists met at Philadelphia and adopted a _______________.
State whether the following is true or false:
The French Revolution laid the foundation of a democratic government.
Answer the following question briefly:
The British monarch, King George III, refused to withdraw the unjust and oppressive Acts imposed on the colonists and declared war on them. In this context discuss:
The important features of the newly established United States of America.
Choose the correct statement
- The American War of Independence was as much a civil war as a war against the British.
- The British forces emerged victorious in York Town.
- The nobles in France were supportive of the rising middle class.
- The British Parliament repealed the Townshend Act except the tax on paper.
“Taxation without Representation” led to the outbreak of American War of Independence – Explain
Which of the following Acts required the colonies to pay for the cost of keeping British VA A- troops in America?
The first president of the American Republic was ______.
In May 1774, in the Virginia Assembly, Thomas Jefferson declared that ______ would be a day of fasting and prayer.
Mention the importance of the victory of the Americans at Yorktown.
Answer all questions given under the heading.
Increasing incidence of Taxation
- What was the Sugar Act?
- What was the Currency Act?
- Explain the Quartering Act.
- What was the Stamp Act?
