American Revolution Review

This event cost England and LOT of money, and made King George III decide to impose taxes on the colonists to help them pay for the costs.

• The Civil War
• Westward Expansion
• The French and Indian War
• The American Revolution

This person was the ruler of Great Britain during the American Revolution

• George Washington
• Benedict Arnold
• King George II
• King George III

Which of the following was the slogan the colonists used to describe how they felt about laws and taxes being passed for them, without having a say in the decision?

• "It's so unfair, it's not our share"
• "The tax heard round the world"
• "Taxes schmaxes"
• "No taxation without representation"

These are basic human rights that cannot be taken away:

• Understandable Rights
• Unequal Rights
• Unalienable Rights
• Unbelievable Rights

Colonists who WANTED to FIGHT for independence were known as:

• Loyalists
• Patriots
• Communists
• Minutemen

Colonists who did NOT want to rebel against England were called:

• Patriots
• Minutemen
• Loyalists
• Socialists

This man physically wrote the Declaration of Independence:

• King George III
• Benedict Arnold
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

The Declaration of Independence was signed on:

• July 3, 1774
• July 4, 1778
• July 4, 1776
• July 5, 1775

This act taxed colonists on sugar and molasses:

• The Stamp Act
• The Tea Act
• The Sugar Act
• The Townshend Act

This was a tax on stamps, newspapers, and other printed materials:

• The Sugar Act
• The Stamp Act
• The Townshend Act
• The Intolerable Acts