American Revolution Test

Why did Britain issue the Stamp Act?

• to declare war on the colonists

• to create more stamps

• to force the colonists to help pay off the war debt

• to help the colonists

Which of these was NOT a colonists response to the Stamp Act?

• Formation of Sons of Liberty

• Declaration of Independence

• Formation of Daughters of Liberty

• Declaration of Rights & Grievances

The colonists declared, "no taxation without representation," in response to ____________________.

• the Townshend Acts

• King George III

• the Battle of Saratoga

• the tea tax

____________ was considered the first casualty of the American Revolution. (Died in the Boston Massacre)

• Crispus Attucks

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

The colonists' response to the British Tea Act was _________________.

• Olive Branch Petition

• Boston Massacre

• Declaration of Independence

• Boston Tea Party

When was the First Continental Congress assembled? September, __________.

• 1908

• 1774

• 1781

• 1771

Who was the famous colonist that rode through the colonies screaming, "The Regulars are coming!" when the British were headed for Concord?

• George Washington

• Crispus Attucks

• Sam Adams

• Paul Revere

Who won the Battle of Concord?

• British

• Colonists

What did John Adams propose during the Second Continental Congress?

• each colony set up its own government

• ask the Native Americans for help

• surrender to the British

• free enslaved African Americans

In the Battle of Bunker Hill, which side had MORE casualties?

• Colonists

• British