American Revolution

Where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired?

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Bunker Hill

I warned the colonists the British are coming. I took a Midnight Ride to Lexington.

• Paul Revere

• Samuel Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Phillis Wheatley

I was a former slave who wrote poems and plays supporting American Independence.

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Phillis Wheatley

• Thomas Paine

What was the name of the event in which the colonist threw tea into the Boston harbor?

• Tea drop
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Boston Tea Dump
• Tea water 

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Who is responsible for this rendering of the events on March 5, 1770?

• Sam Adams
• Paul Revere
• John Adams
• John Hancock

As the leader of the “Sons of Liberty” I helped organize the Boston Tea Party

• Samuel Adams
• John Adams
• George Washington
• Patrick Henry

What does Grievance mean?

• A complaint

• An agreement

• A battle

• A compromise

What impact did the Quartering Act have on the 13 Colonies?

• In forced colonists to house and feed the King's soldiers.

• It put a tax on all paper.

• It closed the port of Boston

• It ended the French and Indian War.

What is a formal name for the complaints the colonists had against the British?

• ratify

• levy

• grievances

• quarter

Who is the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

• John Adams
• John Locke
• Thomas Jefferson
• Ben Franklin