Question

In 1775, where was the first battle of the American Revolution fought, when a thousand British soldiers met the Colonial Militia?
1. Boston
2. Lexington
3. Jamestown
4. Trenton

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Jamestown

The correct answer is Jamestown.

• In 1775, Jamestown was the first battle of the American Revolution fought, when a thousand British soldiers met the Colonial Militia.

• The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in colonial North America between 1765 and 1783.
• The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), gaining independence from the British Crown and establishing the United States of America, the first modern constitutional liberal democracy.
• American colonists objected to being taxed by the British Parliament, a body in which they had no direct representation.
• Before the 1760s, Britain's American colonies had enjoyed a high level of autonomy in their internal affairs, which were managed by colonial legislatures.
• The passage of the Stamp Act of 1765, which imposed internal taxes on the colonies, led to colonial protest, and the meeting of representatives of several colonies in the Stamp Act Congress.
• Tensions relaxed with the British repeal of the Stamp Act but flared again with the passage of the Townshend Acts in 1767.