American Revolution #1
This act passed a law that made colonists pay tax on anything printed on paper. The tax was put into place to have the colonists pay Britain back for their help during the French and Indian War.
A) Stamp Act
B) Intolerable Act
C) Tyranny Act
D) Paper Act
A) Stamp Act
This war occurred because the French and British wanted to control the Ohio River Valley.
A) Revolutionary War
B) French and Indian War
C) Canada vs US war
B) French and Indian War
For cheap labor, colonists hired _______________. These workers were poor Europeans who agreed to work as servcants to the colonist in exchange for pass to America, food, and housing.
A) New England servants
B) Indentured servants
C) Apprentice servants
D) Slaves
B) Indentured servants
Colonists _________ British goods such as tea and refused to purchased British-made goods as a response to being overly taxed by the British.
A) Refused
B) Bought
C) Boycotted
D) Sold
C) Boycotted
This word means freedom from being ruled by someone else.
A) Tyranny
B) Neutral
C) Independence
D) Monarchy
C) Independence
What does "No Taxation with Representation" mean?
The slogan “Taxation without Representation” was the battle cry of the American patriots against the imposition of taxes by the British Parliament.
One that wanted to be free from British rule.
A) Loyalist
B) Neutral
C) Patriot
C) Patriot
These were the people that supported Britain and King George.
A) Patriot
B) Neutral
C) Loyalist
C) Loyalist
The 13 original colonies were broken up into 3 sections. What were the 3 sections called?
A) Plymouth Colonies, North American Colonies, British Colonies
B) New England Colonies, Northern Colonies, Virginia Colonies
C) New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
D) Northern Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
C) New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
This is someone who is disloyal to his or her country.
A) Loyalist
B) Friend
C) Delegate
D) Traitor
D) Traitor
This battle was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is sometimes called "The shot heard 'round the world".
A) Battle of Saratoga
B) Battle of Bunker Hill
C) Battle of Lexington and Concord
D) Battle of Boston
C) Battle of Lexington and Concord
The ___________ were groups of eager young colonial militiamen who stood ready to fight “at a minute’s notice.” during the Revolutionary War.
Minutemen
This is the crime that some were accused of because they were fighting against their own government (King George III).
A) Democracy
B) Patriotism
C) Treason
D) Compromise
C) Treason
The 13 colonies were part of a large global economy. What was the system called in which goods and people moved between Africa, Europe, and all the Americas?
A) The triangular trade
B) Goods and Services trade
C) British Circular trade
A) The triangular trade
The first Pilgrims came over to the new word in the 1600's seeking......
A) New land to own
B) Religious freedom
C) Gold
D) A new government
B) Religious freedom
He was the Patriot that made the angry speech against the Stamp Act. His famous quote is "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
A) Paul Revere
B) Patrick Henry
C) George Washington
D) King George III
B) Patrick Henry
He was the one that shared many of his ideas about the colonists' independence by writing the Declaration of Independence.
A) George Washington
B) Samuel Adams
C) Sybil Luddington
D) Thomas Jefferson
D) Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following were some the main cash crops grown in the southern colonies?
A) Tobacco & Indigo
B) Ironworking & Wheat
C) Shipbuilding & Fishing
D) Forestry & Fur trapping
A) Tobacco & Indigo
He was the Boston lawyer that defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. He wanted to prove that colonial courts were fair.
A) John Adams
B) George Washington
C) Paul Revere
D) Patrick Henry
A) John Adams
This document in 1776 was written to King George III stating that the colonies wanted their independence and that they should have rights.
The Declaration of Independence
In 1675, the Native American tribes: the Wampanoag, the Nipmuc, the Pocumtuck, and the Narragansett joined together to fight the colonist in New England. What was this war called?
A) Revolutionary War
B) Civil War
C) King Philip's War
D) French and Indian War
C) King Philip's War
The colonists were so upset about the tax on tea that they several Sons of Liberty dressed up like Mohawk Native Americans and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. What was this event called?
The Boston Tea Party
This event happened when a group of angry colonists began attacking British soldiers with snowballs. It resulted in 5 colonists dead.
Bonus point (+100): Who was the the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?
The Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks was a free slave who was shot (along with 4 others) by the British Red Coats. These were the first deaths of the American Revolution.
He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The colonies loved his leadership so much that they made him the first official President of the Colonies.
George Washington
His was the one that warned that the Redcoats (British army) were coming during the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revere