American Revolution Test

Reasons for the American Revolution are all except ___.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Lack of Gold

• Taxation without representation

Thomas Paine’s book, Common Sense was important to the colonist and the American Revolution because it did the following; ____.

• Caused the colonist to want independence from England

• Caused the colonist to beg England to stay apart of the mother country

• Caused the colonist to join alliances with France

Colonist dumping ____ in Boston Harbor was called ____.

• Tea, Boston Massacre

• Tea, Boston Tea Party

• Coffee, Boston Massacre

How did the King respond to the Boston Tea Party?

• He sent more tea to Boston.

• He closed the Boston Harbor.

• He hanged the Sons of Liberty.

• He gave them independence.

What did the colonists do to protest the unjust British laws?

• Petitoned

• Smuggled

• Boycotted

• All of the above

Why did the British enact several laws such as the Sugar Act & Stamp Act upon the colonies?

• The King was upset with the colonists.

• The colonies needed money.

• The war debt had to be paid.

• The King wanted more land.

Why did some of the colonists not follow the King’s laws?

• The laws were a violation of their rights.

• They were criminals already.

• They did not care about the King.

• They wanted to help Spain.

What law did not allow colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

What law saved the British money by having the British soldiers housed and fed in the colonists’ homes?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington