Pre-Revolution/American Revolution

How did France help win the war?

• Send ships, supplies, and soldiers
• Send food
• They didn't help

Who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence?

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

During the Boston Tea Party,

• colonists raided British ships and threw crates overboard.

• Native Americans threw tea at British troops.

• Americans celebrated their victory at Trenton.

• the cost of tea was very expensive.

The Declaration of Independence states that all people have a natural right to

• free speech.

• a trial by jury.

• the pursuit of happiness.

• worship as they choose.

Most African Americans who lived in the British colonies were

• indentured servants.

• Puritans.

• Quakers.

• slaves.

Which act taxed just paper?

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Townshend Duties

• Intolerable Acts

Which act put a indirect tax on paint, paper, tea and other goods?

• Townshend Duties

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

Which act allowed the East India Tea Company sell their tea to the colonists at cheap prices?

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Duties

Which act was put in place to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party?

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Townshend Duties

What event lead to the passing of the Intolerable Acts?

• Boston Tea Party

• Lexington and Concord

• Declaration of Independence

• First Continental Congress