The Revolution Begins

Where was "The shot heard around the world" fired?

• Concord

• Boston

• Lexington

• Charleston

After the Boston Tea Party, the British punished the colonists by passing a set of rules that the colonists called

• The Boston Massacre

• The Continental Congress

• The Stamp Act

• The Intolerable Acts

The Sons of Liberty were organized by

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

Crispus Attucks was the first person killed in the Revolution. He was killed at

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

Who warned the colonists of the secret arrival of the British?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

• Crispus Attucks

What is a primary source?

• A document written by a witness or a participant to an event.

• A document written by someone who researches an event.

• An account written by someone who heard about an event.

• A document written about a story passed down through generations.

Britain was short on money at the end of the French and Indian War. How did Britain try to collect money?

• The Intolerable Act

• A loan from France

• The Stamp Act and the Townsend Acts

• Selling fur from America

Why did the colonists dump tea in the Boston Harbor?

• They didn't like the tea Britain was sending.

• They were protesting the amount of time it took tea shipments to arrive.

• They were trying to get the Mohawk natives in trouble with Britain.

• They were protesting the tax placed on tea.

The signers of the Declaration of Independence were committing treason by signing the document.

• True

• False

What famous American agreed to lead the troops for the relief of Boston?

• Sam Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington