American Revolution

How did many women make ammunition?

• From toys

• From household silver

• From jewelry

• From rocks and sand

What happens during a period of inflation?

• money increases in value

• the economy goes into a recession

• the economy goes into a depression

• money decreases in value

What country helped America defeat the British?

• France

• Spain

• Italy

• Mexico

What is profiteering?

• selling surplus goods for a profit

• sharing profits with several groups

• stealing money from the government

• selling scarce goods for a profit

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Adams

• John Hancock

• John Adams

What act allowed the British to place a tax on all newspapers and documents in the colonies?

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Boston Tea Party

• Townshend Act

How many people were killed at the Boston Massacre?

• 4

• 6

• 7

• 5

The Boston Tea Party was done to protest what?

• taxes

• Britain banning tea from the colonies

• the Stamp Act

• Britain not allowing colonists to go to school

Who were the men that could be ready to fight on very short notice?

• patriots

• loyalists

• minutemen

• militia

What group supported the colonists (Americans)?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Whigs

• Tories