Fill in the blanks.
1. ___________ act banned the import of rum from overseas countries.
2. The conference of the colonists was convened at _____________
3. The Commander-in-chief of the colonists was ____________
4. The Paris pact marked the end of the____________ war of independence.
Answers
Answer:
1. Molasses Act
2.Bismarck's official residence on Wilhelmstrasse
3.George Washington
4.The Treaty of Paris
1. ANSWER
Molasses act
EXPLANATION
Molasses Act, (1733), in American colonial history, a British law that imposed a tax on molasses, sugar, and rum imported from non-British foreign colonies into the North American colonies.
2.ANSWER
LONDON
EXPLANATION
The 1897 Colonial Conference was a conference between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the 11 self-governing colonies of the British Empire. The conference was convened in London by Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain in 1897 on the occasion of Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
3. ANSWER
George Washington
EXPLANATION
The Continental Congress commissioned George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army on June 19, 1775. Washington was selected over other candidates such as John Hancock based on his previous military experience and the hope that a leader from Virginia could help unite the colonies.
4. ANSWER
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies.