American Revolution Test Review 2020

The effect of the French and Indian War was that...

• France gained control of the colonies and Canada and lowered the colonists taxes.

• The Native Americans gained control of their own lands back from the British.

• Britain gained control of Canada and most lands east of the Mississippi and raised taxes on the colonists.

• The colonists gained their independence.

What was NOT a result of the Stamp Act, Quartering Act, and Townshend Act:

• Colonists were angered by having to pay taxes on imported items and anything printed on paper.

• Samuel Adams and others formed the Sons of Liberty.

• Colonists agreed to pay all the taxes.

• Colonists boycotted, or refused to buy, the taxed goods and British businesses lost money.

• Colonists were forced to let British soldiers live in their house and feed and clothe them.

True or False: When the colonists united against the taxes, not only did King George revoke them, but the colonists began to understand what power they had when they united.

• True

• False

Although started by the colonists throwing things at British soldiers, the Boston Massacre caused such outrage throughout the colonies because...

• the colonists were upset that citizens would treat British soldiers in such a terrible way.

• the soldiers fired on unarmed citizens, killed 5 of them, and then were found not guilty of murder.

• the soldiers were found guilty of murder even though they were just doing their job.

• the soldiers were killed by the colonists.

After the "Boston Tea Party" where colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor, King George passed the Intolerable Acts. The result:

• Boston Harbor was closed until the debt of tea was paid.

• Massachusetts was put under control of British General Gage.

• More colonists began to oppose British rule and decided to meet in Philadelphia to discuss how to oppose them.

• All of the above

All the statements about "The shot heard around the world" are true EXCEPT...

• The British had been marching toward Lexington and Concord to capture Patriot militia guns and ammunition.

• Paul Revere and other Sons of Liberty rode ahead to Lexington and Concord warning that, "The British are coming!"

• The Patriot militias weapons and ammunition were captured by the British.

• The first shots were fired at Lexington, and then at Concord the Patriot militia forced the British to retreat.

What is NOT true about the Second Continental Congress?

• George Washington was elected Commander-in-Chief of the newly formed Continental Army.

• The colonists decided that they wanted to stay British citizens.

• Delegates from all 13 colonies came to Philadelphia to unite together against England.

• A committee was elected to write the "Declaration of Independence" and Thomas Jefferson was the main writer.

The Battles of Bunker Hill, Trenton, and Princeton were important not just from a military point of view but because...

• they gave the colonists hope that they could win the war.

• they showed that the British army was much too strong to overcome.

• they showed that the war was going to take many years to overthrow the British.

After the turning point in the war the Battle of Saratoga, the Patriots gained new allies. They were...

• Germany and Italy

• France and Britain

• Mexican and Native American

• France and Spain

True or False: Slaves only fought on the side of the Patriots and were all promised and given their freedom after the Americans won the war against Britain.

• True

• False