American Revolution 2

Why were the colonists angry about "taxation without representation?"

• The colonists wanted to pay taxes on stamps and tea
• The colonists had no representation in Parliament
• The colonists fought to write the Declaration of Independence
• The colonists were loyal to the British and wanted to keep them happy

Who won the French and Indian War?

• France/The French

• Native Americans/The Indians

• Great Britain/The British

• Spain/The Spanish

He helped inspire the American Revolution with the phrase, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death."

• John Adams

• James Madison

• Patrick Henry

• Paul Revere

The tax on all items in the colonies made of paper was called the

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Act
• Boston tea Party

British General who surrendered at Yorktown, the last major battle that ended the American Revolution

• King George III

• George Washington

• General Cornwallis

• John Locke

One of the Patriots who made a daring midnight ride to warn colonists of British arrival.

• John Hancock

• Samuel Adams

• Paul Revere

• Patrick Henry

A former slave who wrote poems and plays supporting American Independence

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

• Phillis Wheatley

• Lord Cornwallis

Who was the Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

• George Washington

• Lord Charles Cornwallis

• Patrick Henry

• Samuel Adams

This woman helped fight in the American Revolutionary War immediately after her husband was killed.

• Elizabeth Stanton

• Phillis Wheatley

• Margaret Cochran Corbin

• Susan B. Anthony

The "shot heard 'round the world" was which battle?

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of Trenton
• Battle of Lexington & Concord