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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why did the colonists object to being taxed?
Because they were cheap and didn't want to spend their money
Because the colonies were deeply in debt from the French and Indian War and couldn't afford to pay
Because they had no representation in Parliament
Because they had objected to being involved in the French and Indian War
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why did the British begin taxing the colonies?
To pay off the debt from the French and Indian War
To punish the colonies for smuggling
To protect the colonists from Indian attack
To punish them for the Boston Tea Party
- 3. Multiple Choice
How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?
By introducing indentured servitude and slavery to the colonies
By requiring colonists to enlist in the military
By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have
By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries
- 4. Multiple Choice
How did the colonists respond to the Stamp Act?
Seeking military support from France
Organizing boycotts of British goods
Signing the Declaration of Independence
Dumping tea into Boston Harbor
- 5. Multiple Choice
How did the Stamp Act, Quartering Act, and Sugar Act contribute to the start of the Revolutionary War?
By restricting colonial trade with American Indians
By imposing regulations on colonial agriculture
By angering colonists who believed their civil liberties had been violated
By punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament
- 6. Multiple Choice
The colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they -
feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians
did not want to share control of the fur trade with France
resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
wanted to trade freely with foreign nations
- 7. Multiple Choice
What was the cause of the French and Indian War?
Taxation without Representation
Fur trade and the Ohio River Valley
Slavery and States' Rights
British interference with American trade
- 8. Multiple Choice
How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Acts
Quartering Acts
Townshend Acts
- 9. Multiple Choice
What kind of economy did the colonists prefer?
Mercantilism
Communism
Free Enterprise
Socialism
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which economic system increases the wealth of the Mother Country?
Mercantilism
Free Enterprise
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why did Parliament pass the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts?
To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies
To encourage foreign trade with the colonies
To recover the cost of defending the colonies
To fund the establishment of new colonies
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why were the colonists so resentful of British taxation and economic policies following the French and Indian War?
They were upset about the punishment for the Boston Tea Party
They wanted the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre to be punished
The opposed colonial laws being created by Parliament because they had no representation
They wanted to expand the powers of the royal governors appointed by King George
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is Sam Adams known for?
Writing the Declaration of Independence
Founding the Sons of Liberty
Commanding the Continental Army
Warning the Minutemen the British were coming
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is Thomas Jefferson known for?
Writing the Declaration of Independence
Founding the Sons of Liberty
Commanding the Continental Army
Warning the Minutemen the British were coming
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is George Washington known for?
Writing the Declaration of Independence
Founding the Sons of Liberty
Commanding the Continental Army
Warning the Minutemen the British were coming
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is Paul Revere known for?
Writing the Declaration of Independence
Founding the Sons of Liberty
Commanding the Continental Army
Warning the Minutemen the British were coming
- 17. Multiple Choice
Defended the soldiers in the Boston Massacre and helped write the Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin
Sam Adams
John Adams
George Washington
- 18. Multiple Choice
Wrote Poor Richard's Almanac, Albany Plan of Union, and helped with the Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin
Sam Adams
John Adams
George Washington
- 19. Multiple Choice
Taxes on glass, lead, and other building materials
Sugar Act
Townshend Acts
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
- 20. Multiple Choice
British soldiers fired on unarmed civillians and killed five
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
The Battle of Lexington
The Battle of Yorktown
- 21. Multiple Choice
Someone who supported independence
Patriot
Loyalist
Tory
Lobsterback
- 22. Multiple Choice
Someone who remained loyal to England
Patriot
Loyalist
Tory
Lobsterback
- 23. Multiple Choice
Protest to the Tea Act
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Act
Boston Tea Party
Coercive Acts
- 24. Multiple Choice
Punishment for the Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Act
Boston Tea Party
- 25. Multiple Choice
Another name for the Intolerable Acts
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Coercive Acts
- 26. Multiple Choice
What is true about the Intolerable Acts?
The Sons of Liberty were executed
Called the Coercive Acts
Punishment for the Boston Tea Part
Closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for
- 27. Multiple Choice
Continental Congress (check all that are correct)
Delegates from the Colonies discussed what to do about England
Gave Washington the Continental Army
Drafted the Olive Branch Petition
Adopted the Declaration of Independence
- 28. Multiple Choice
Common Sense (choose 2)
Written by Thomas Paine
Convinced "common" men to stay loyal to England
Convinced "common" men to support independence
Laid out a plan for a new government
- 29. Multiple Choice
Declaration of Independence (choose all that are correct)
Contained grievances against the king and explained the reasons for independence
Was rejected
Was treasonous
Written mainly by Jefferson in 1776
- 30. Multiple Choice
George Washington
Commander in Chief of the French Army
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
Commander in Chief of the Confederate Army
Commander in Cheif of the British Army
- 31. Multiple Choice
What officially ended the Revolution?
Treaty of Paris
Saratoga
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
- 32. Multiple Choice
What was the turning point of the Revolution?
Treaty of Paris
Saratoga
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
- 33. Multiple Choice
What was the start of the Revolution?
Treaty of Paris
Saratoga
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
- 34. Multiple Choice
What was the last major battle of the Revolution?
Treaty of Paris
Saratoga
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
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