Acts & Laws
1. Which act forced colonists to provide food and shelter to British soldiers?
A. Stamp Act
B. Quartering Act
C. Tea Act
D. Intolerable Acts
B. Quartering Act
1. Which was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
A. Saratoga
B. Yorktown
C. Lexington and Concord
D. Bunker Hill
C. Lexington and Concord
1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
A. Thomas Paine
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. John Adams
C. Thomas Jefferson
1. What does boycott mean?
A. Buy only British goods
B. Refuse to buy or use something
C. Create a law
D. Protest peacefully
B. Refuse to buy or use something
1. Who would most likely call March 5, 1770 the “Boston Massacre”?
A. British soldier
B. King George III
C. Colonist in Boston
D. Visitor from France
C. Colonist in Boston
2. Which act taxed printed paper like newspapers and playing cards?
A. Proclamation of 1763
B. Tea Act
C. Stamp Act
D. Quartering Act
C. Stamp Act
2. What happened at the Boston Tea Party?
A. Colonists burned tea
B. Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor
C. British soldiers attacked colonists
D. Colonists signed the Declaration
B. Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor
2. Which document explained why colonists wanted independence from Britain?
A. Constitution
B. Common Sense
C. Mayflower Compact
D. Declaration of Independence
D. Declaration of Independence
2. To cancel a law is to:
A. boycott
B. repeal
C. tax
D. act
B. repeal
2. “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” means:
A. Government controls citizens
B. People can chase their dreams and be free
C. Only rich people have rights
D. Colonists must obey the king
B. People can chase their dreams and be free
3. What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
A. Allowed colonists to move west
B. Stopped colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
C. Taxed tea
D. Ended the war
B. Stopped colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
3. What caused the Boston Massacre?
A. Tea tax
B. Colonists threw snowballs and rocks at soldiers
C. British closed Boston Harbor
D. Native Americans attacked colonists
B. Colonists threw snowballs and rocks at soldiers
3. Who wrote Common Sense?
A. George Washington
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Thomas Paine
D. Paul Revere
C. Thomas Paine
3. Britain’s unpaid bills after the French and Indian War were called:
A. allies
B. surpluses
C. debts
D. taxes
C. debts
5. Political cartoons encouraged colonists to:
A. Fight each other
B. Stay separate
C. Unite against Britain
D. Ignore laws
C. Unite against Britain
4. Which act caused the Boston Tea Party?
A. Stamp Act
B. Quartering Act
C. Tea Act
D. Intolerable Acts
C. Tea Act
4. Why is July 4th important?
A. Start of the war
B. First Continental Congress met
C. Declaration of Independence was celebrated
D. Colonists won Yorktown
C. Declaration of Independence was celebrated
4. Who warned colonists that British troops were coming?
A. Samuel Adams
B. John Hancock
C. Paul Revere
D. George Washington
C. Paul Revere
4. Colonists complained about “taxation without representation” because:
A. They didn’t want to pay taxes
B. They had no representatives in Parliament
C. They wanted more land
D. They hated tea
B. They had no representatives in Parliament
4. Which of the following is a primary source from the American Revolution?
A. The poem The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
B. A textbook chapter about Paul Revere
C. The Declaration of Independence
D. A movie about the Revolution
C. The Declaration of Independence
5. After the Boston Tea Party, Britain passed the Coercive Acts, which colonists called the:
A. Stamp Act
B. Townshend Acts
C. Intolerable Acts
D. Tea Act
C. Intolerable Acts
5. During the Boston Tea Party, colonists disguised themselves as:
A. British soldiers
B. French soldiers
C. Native Americans
D. Merchants
C. Native Americans
5. What type of government gives power to the people?
A. Monarchy
B. Dictatorship
C. Democracy
D. Anarchy
C. Democracy
5. A democracy is a government where:
A. One king rules
B. Soldiers rule
C. The people have the power
D. No laws exist
C. The people have the power
2. Why is the Declaration of Independence considered a primary source?
A. It was written long after the events
B. It explains events using opinions
C. It was created during the time of the American Revolution
D. It is a poem about the Revolution
C. It was created during the time of the American Revolution