American Revolution Unit Test Review

A law that required all colonists to pay a tax to Great Britain on all of the printed materials that they used (newspapers, magazines, etc.) was called the ____________________________.

• Stamp Act

• Minuteman

• Intolerable Act

• Continental Congress

A member of a class of American militiamen, also known as a _____________________, who volunteered to be ready for service at a minute's notice.

• Continental Congress

• minutemen

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

A meeting of representatives from each of the 13 colonies was called the _______________________________________________.

• Boston Tea Party

• Meeting Place

• Continental Congress

• Declaration of Independence

When Britain forced the colonists to only purchase tea from the East India Trading Company, a group of colonists rebelled and organized the ________________________________, where they dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• British Parliament

• Boston Tea Party

A document called the _________________________________ declared the 13 American Colonies independent from Great Britain.

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Stamp Act

A series of laws passed by the British in 1774 in an attempt to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party were called the _______________ _________.

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Tea Act

Why did the British Parliament pass the Stamp Act?

• To pay for the French/Indian War

• To have money for ship building

• To anger the colonist

• To raise funds for the colonists to create their own government

Why did the Continental Congress meet before the war?

• To write a peace treaty with Britain

• To discuss how they could unite against Britain

• To debate the issue of slavery

• To write their own laws/taxes

What was the reason behind colonists boycotting British goods?

• Colonists wanted to encourage other countries to make better goods

• The British forced them to become Roman Catholic

• Colonists wanted to rebel to protest the unfair taxes passed by Parliament

• Colonists were trying to start a war

What was the fundamental principle of the Declaration of Independence?

• "All men are created equal..."

• "They are endowed by their creator"

• "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"

• "Governments are instituted"