Road to Revolution Review

After the Boston Massacre, colonial leaders used to convince colonists to be on their side against the British.

• newspapers

• propaganda

• speeches

• threats

What group organized the Boston Tea Party?

• Minutemen

• Daughters of the Revolution

• British Redcoats

• Sons of Liberty

Which of the following was an action of Continental Congress?

• Draft a statement of grievances calling for a repeal of the 13 acts passed since 1763

• threatened King George III

• asked for more laws and taxes

Which of the following was an action of Continental Congress?

• requested that colonists buy British goods

• Boston Tea Party

• Called for a boycott of all British goods

Which of the following was an act of Continental Congress?

• Called on groups to form local militias

• to become loyalists

• to form new alliances

How did the British try to regain the money lost due to the cost of the French and Indian War?

• hard work

• farming and crops

• trade

• taxing the colonists

Which document included the idea that people have the right to overthrow an oppressive government?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Declaration of Independence

• Continental Congress

• Quartering Act

What is a patriot?

• someone loyal to the colonies

• someone loyal to the British

What did Thomas Paine write that convinced many colonists to support the Patriots?

• A Guide to Patriotism

• Common Sense

• Declaration of Independence

• Intolerable Acts

What was the main purposed of the Declaration of Independence?

• to declare independence

• to decide their own futures

• to tell the British off

• to justify the colonists' revolt against England