KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES

 

KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES

KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES

·      The American war of independence was fought between the American colonies and the Britain. The leader of colonies was George Washington.

·      The Navigation act was passed in 1651

·      The Stamp Act was passed in 1765

·      The Town Shend Act was passed in 1767. These Acts were passed to control and exploit the colonies.

·      The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was associated with the American Revolution. To protest against the tax on tea, the revolutionaries threw tea boxes from the ship anchored in the Boston Port. This incident is known as Boston Tea Party

·      “No taxation without representation” was the famous slogan associated with the American Revolution

·      The representatives of the 13 colonies met at the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia in 1774

·      Third Philadelphia Congress was met in 1776 and it adopted the Declaration of Independence in 4^th July 1776

·      The Declaration of American Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson

·      By the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the United States of America came to being

·      The Constitution of America was adopted in 1789.

·      The Civil War in America was during 1861-65

·      Abraham Lincoln was the President during Civil War

·      The city of Chicago in America has the largest number of rail roads

·      ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ of Harriet Beechstowe was published for the first time in 1852

·      Statue of Liberty is situated in the Liberty Island in the New York Port. It has 91-meter height

·      Eagle is the National bird of America

·      American women got voting right in 1920

·      John Jai (1789-95) was the first Chief Justice of America

·      Baseball is the National game of America

·      Golden Rod is the National Symbol of America

·      The residence of American President got the name White House during the period of Theodor Roosevelt

·      George Washington is the father of America

·      He became the President of America in 1789

·      Thomas Jefferson was the third President of America

·      First modern census was held in America in 1790

·      49^th Parallel separates America and Canada

·      Chicago International Airport is the world’s busiest airport

·      Grand Canyon in the Colarado river in America is the biggest Gorge in the world

·      United States Library of Congress is the largest library in the world

·      American Museum of Natural History is the largest museum in the world

·      Port of New-York and New Jersy is the largest port in the world

·      Grant Central Terminal in New York city is the biggest railway station in the world

·      Yerkis Observatory of Illinois University has the largest refractor telescope

·      ‘General Sherman’ in California is the biggest tree in the world

·      Coast Redwood in the Redwood National Park in California is the tallest tree in the world.

·      USA has two political parties – Republicans and Democrates

·      Great Depression striked America in 1930’s

·      There are 50 states and one district in the USA

·      District of Columbia (Washington DC) on the banks of Potomak river is Americas capital district

·      New York is the largest city in America

·      Chicago is known as the City of Winds

·      New York city is situated on the banks of Hudson river.

KERALA PSC / WORLD HISTORY / AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY / NOTES