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

Answer all questions given under the heading.

American War of Independence

1. Who stated that no thinking man in North America desired Independence?
2. Who was the first President of America?
3. What were the grievances of the Americans?
4. What was their famous battle cry?

Answer all questions given under the heading.

Second Continental Congress

1. When did the Second Continental Congress meet?
2. Who were the prominent members of the Congress?
3. What did they do?
4. Under whose command it was placed?

Write a short note on “Plantations and the Slave Labour”.

What do you know about the Native Americans?

What was the reaction of the American colonies for the taxes?

Why was the Townshend Act introduced?

Why did the local tea traders boycott the foreign tea?

Why didn’t the colonies begin fighting for the sake of independence?

Describe the results of American war of Independence.

The ship Mayflower had taken a batch of Puritans from England.

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 ______.

Who was not a member of the Second Continental Congress?

The Sugar Act of 1764 prohibited the import of ______.

The ______ led to intense anti-British propaganda through newspapers, posters, and pamphlets.

In May 1774, in the Virginia Assembly, Thomas Jefferson declared that ______ would be a day of fasting and prayer.

The first Continental Congress met in ______.

The Continental Congress had drafted the ______.

Mention the attempts made by Britain to establish colonies in America.

Name the thirteen colonies under British control on the east coast of America.