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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich act was passed by the British government to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party?
the Intolerable Acts
the Stamp Act
the Tea Act
the Townsend Acts
- 2. Multiple Choice
What did we call colonists who did NOT want independence from England?MinutemenTraitorsMilitiaLoyalists - 3. Multiple ChoiceWho were the Minutemen?Patriots who were ready to fight at a minutes noticeBritish soldiers who were ready to fight at a minutes noticeSons of Liberty who were ready to fight at a minutes noticeHessians who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
- 4. Multiple Choice
Where did the First Continental Congress meet?
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which battle did the American colonists lose due to lack of gunpowder?
Bunker Hill
Ticonderoga
Brandywine
Boston
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why did General Thomas Gage send troops to Lexington and Concord?
to seize weapons and arrest patriot leaders
to meet with local leaders
to buy weapons and pay Paul Revere
to attack Native American and French forces there
- 7. Multiple Choice
Paul Revere and ____________________rode from Boston to Concord to warn the militia that the British were coming.
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
William Dawes
George Washington
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who wrote "Common Sense" a pamphlet that inspired many to become patriots?
Thomas Gage
Thomas Paine
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
- 9. Multiple Choice
First major battle of the Revolutions. It showed that the Americans could hold their own, but the British were also not easy to defeat. Ultimately, the Americans were forced to withdraw after running out of ammunition, and Bunker Hill was in British hands. However, the British suffered more deaths.
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Dorchester Heights
- 10. Multiple Choice
What was the actually name of the hill where the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought?
Concord
Bunker Hill
Dorchester Heights
Breed's Hill
- 11. Multiple Choice
The king responded to the Olive Branch petition by
lowering taxes
declaring the colonists to be in rebellion
Giving all the colonists more supplies and food
asking Parliament to enact more taxes on the colonists
- 12. Reorder
Reorder the following events that lead to the beginning of the American Revolution from earliest to latest:
Gaspee Affair
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
First Continental Congress
- 13. Match
Match the following organizes committees of correspondence
Thomas Jefferson
dump tea into the Boston Harbor
Sons of Liberty
wrote the Olive Branch Petition
John Dickinson
wrote Common Sense
Governor Dunmore
organizes a Loyalist army of enslaved Africans
Thomas Paine
- 14. Open Ended
What was the significance of the Boston Tea Party and the Coercive Acts in driving the colonists toward independence?
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