It is somewhat interesting that the 60s represent a significant decade in both of the successive centuries of American history as well. The 1860s contained the American Civil War and the 1960s gave us the Vietnam War, the rise of the anti-war movement, the sexual revolution, and the greatest breakthroughs in the struggle for civil rights.
Likewise, the 1760s saw great changes in America, laying the groundwork for its successful push for independence in the following decade.
This trivia quiz is designed to test your knowledge of this important decade.
1. What famous battle took place in 1759, bringing England its most decisive victory in the French and Indian War?
2. Who became king of England in 1760?
3. Who became Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1763?
4. What royal decree restricted the westward movement and settlement of the North American colonists?
5. What policy, approved by Parliament in 1764, cut in half the tax on raw sugar, but raised the levy on refined sugar and further clamped down on smuggling?
6. What act barred the colonies from printing their own money and paying off British debts with their money?
7. What act required colonists to provide furnish British troops with living quarters and supplies -- and seek whatever reimbursement needed from their own colonies?
8. What act required colonists to buy a revenue seal for every legal document, pamphlet, and newspaper?
9. Who wrote "The Rights of the Colonists Asserted and Proved"?
10. Who was the primary founder of the Sons of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence?
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1. British General James Wolfe led a surprise attack up an unguarded position and defeated French forces, under General Montcalm, in the Battle of Quebec. The capture of this fortress, high over the St. Lawrence River, was the turning point for the British and their colonial allies in the war with France. Both Wolfe and Montcalm lost their lives in the battle.
2. George III, grandson of King George II, became king in 1760. He was soon at odds with the popular Prime Minister William Pitt, whose leadership had enabled England to triumph in the French and Indian War, a conflict that officially terminated in 1763 with the Peace of Paris.
3. George Grenville became Prime Minister of England in 1763, and unleashed a series of policies against the colonies that forever drove a wedge between them and the Mother Country.
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