SSLC (English Medium) Class 9 - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions for Social Science

What was the role played by Cornwallis in the American war of Independence?

Mention the importance of the victory of the Americans at Yorktown.

Mention the three major revolutions in the second half of the eighteenth century in the modern world.

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Plantations and the slave labor

1. Why did the southern states resort to acquiring slaves from Africa?
2. How were these slaves treated?
3. Did the Northern state resort to acquiring slaves? Give reasons.
4. What happened to the Native Americans?

Answer all questions given under the heading.

Increasing incidence of Taxation

1. What was the Sugar Act?
2. What was the Currency Act?
3. Explain the Quartering Act.
4. What was the Stamp Act?

Answer all questions given under the heading.

Declaration of Independence

1. When was the pamphlet Common Sense published?
2. Who moved a resolution for independence?
3. Who drafted the Declaration of Independence? When was it adopted by Congress?
4. Mention the significance of this day.

How did the American war of Independence ended in the declaration of independence?

State the results of the American war of Independence.

Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?

What is Industrial Revolution?

Due to the Industrial Revolution goods began to be produced by ______.

Explain the term industrial revolution.

The term colony comes from the ______ word colonus, meaning farmer.

How did Europe justify their colonisation?

The Latin word ‘Colonus’ means.

How did some political philosophers defend colonialism?

All the living organisms are found here ______.

The science that deals with the physical structure and substances of the earth are known as ______.

Match the following:

How does Arthur Holmes describe the Earth?