American Revolution

Who would NOT have taken part in the Sons of Liberty?

• King George
• journalists
• blacksmiths
• merchants

The French and Indian War happened AFTER the Stamp Act.

• True
• False

A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called

• Congress
• Sons of Liberty
• Parliament
• Loyalists

The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. This act of protest is known as 

• the Boston Tea Party
• the Stamp Act
• Committees of Correspondence
• Boston Massacre

Many colonists did not want to remain loyal to Great Britain and King George. They wanted to be free from British rule. These colonists were called 

• Patriots
• Republicans
• Democrats
• Loyalists

Colonists who supported the British king were called

• Patriots

• Republicans

• Democrats

• Loyalists

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

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

Who rode to Lexington from Boston to warn the militia to prepare to fight?

• George Washington
• Paul Revere
• Benedict Arnold
• Thomas Jefferson

The 13 colonies were fighting for freedom from England. What is another word for freedom? 

• taxes
• tariff
• liberty
• patriot

In 1765, the Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act. The purpose of this act was to 

• get rid of colonists who were willing to support the king
• raise money by putting a tax on tea, sugar, and molasses
• get rid of French colonists in the Northern colonies
• raising money by passing a tax on newspapers and other paper products