American Revolution Quiz 1-8

What 2 events led the colonists to decide to declare independence from Great Britain?

• Parliament passed laws giving the colonies taxes without giving the colonists a say in it

• colonists were angry about the taxes on tea and protested during the Boston Tea Party

• colonists were angry about how they were treated during the French and Indian War

• colonists were upset that they were not allowed to settle in the Ohio Valley because of the Proclamation on 1763

What does no taxation without representation mean?

• colonists wanted a representation when deciding laws in Parliament

• colonists didn't want any taxes

• colonists wanted to make their own laws

• Parliament only wanted the King to make the laws

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• a huge celebration of British Tea

• a protest by the colonists who were upset by taxes on tea

• a protest by Parliament about taxes on tea

• a law made to tax tea

What did King George III do in response to the Boston Tea Party?

• raised taxes even higher

• started the American Revolution

• sent ships to shutdown the Boston Harbor

• gave colonists a representative in Parliament

What is the Declaration of Independence?

• treaty that ended the American Revolution

• the document written by Parliament telling colonists they would be taxed

• document written to list complaints against King George III and say the colonists wanted their freedom

• document that said George Washington would lead the Continental Army

Why was the American Revolution Fought?

• The British wanted freedom from the colonies

• The French wanted the Ohio Valley lands back

• The colonies wanted freedom from King George III

• The colonists wanted freedom from the American Indians

Who led the Continental Army?

• King George III

• George Washington

• William Pitt

• General Corwallis

Which was not a result from the American Revolution?

• colonists could settle in the Ohio Valley

• colonists had the freedom to start their own government

• King George III agreed to not tax the colonists as much

• colonists were free of the tyrant King George III's rule