Revolutionary War

What did the King of England issue to keep the colonists from moving west of the Appalachians?

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

• Proclamation of 1763

• The Olive Branch Petition

This person warned the minutemen the British were coming.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere

• Benjamin Franklin

• Mrs. Stockton

Who was the brilliant inventor who served as Ambassador to France during the Revolutionary War?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Benedict Arnold

• Mrs. Curry

• Thomas Paine

Who disguised themselves as Native Americans and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor?

• Sons of Liberty

• Mercenaries

• Guerillas

• Liberty Kids

He created the laws and taxes that angered the colonists.

• Sons of Liberty

• Parliament

• Liberty Kids

This Act made colonists angry. In response, the colonists held the Boston Tea Party.

• Stamp

• Tea

• Intolerable Acts

How did the colonists show they were upset about the taxes?

• boycott

• petitions

• violence

• all of these

Which act forced colonists to pay taxes on all printed paper?

• Sugar

• Tea

• Stamp

• Intolerable Acts

What event is described as "The shot heard round the world"?

• Lexington and Concord

• Bunker Hill

• Yorktown

The _________________ did not choose a side.

• Loyalists

• Neutralists

• Patriots