American Revolution

What were the sides in the French and Indian (7 Years) War?

• French v. Indians

• French & British v. Indians & colonists

• French & Indians v. British & colonists

What 21-year-old general fought in the first skirmish of the French and Indian War?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

The Stamp Act (1765) angered colonists because it was a -

• income tax

• customs duty

• money that stayed in the colonies

• money that went to Britain

In the Proclamation of 1763, the British prohibited settlement -

• east of the Appalachians

• west of the Appalachians

• east of the Mississippi

• west of the Mississippi

Colonists first protested British taxes through -

• declaring independence

• riots

• boycotts

How many colonists died in the Boston Massacre?

• 1

• 5

• 50

• 500

How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Closed the port of Boston

• Executions of the Sons of Liberty

The First Continental Congress decided to send King George

• letters and Benjamin Franklin to negotiate

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Constitution

• A big hug

The first battle of the American Revolution (shot heard round the world) occurred at -

• Boston

• Bunker Hill

• Fort Sumter

• Lexington and Concord

Where did the Continental Congress meet?

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Boston