Revolutionary War Review

Events leading to revolution: What did the Quartering Act say?

• colonists had to pay taxes on coins

• colonists had to give food and housing to soldiers

• colonists had to fight for the British army

• colonists had to pay taxes on tea and paper

Events leading to revolution: What did the Stamp Act do?

• tax tea

• tax paper products

• force colonists to bow to the king

• make mailing letters illegal

Events leading to revolution: What happened in the Boston Massacre?

• British soldiers killed 5 colonists

• Colonial soldiers killed 5 British

• Colonists threw tea in the harbor

• Colonists planned a sneak attack

Select all loyalist ideas:

• We need Britain to protect us

• The king is a good ruler

• We should not have to pay taxes

• We should be loyal to Britain

Select all Patriot ideas:

• The king is far away and doesn't care about us

• We shouldn't have to pay for Britain's problems

• We shouldn't fight; we should remain British

• We want to start a new nation

What is one reason George Washington was important to the revolution?

• He was an inspirational writer

• He helped tend to sick soldiers

• He was the leader of the colonial army

• He wrote the Declaration of Independence

What role did Deborah Sampson play in the revolution?

• She wrote plays mocking the British

• She dressed as a man to fight

• She warned colonists that the British were coming

• She wrote inspirational speeches that encouraged people to fight

What role did Mercy Otis Warren play in the revolution?

• She wrote plays mocking the British

• She dressed as a man to fight

• She warned colonists that the British were coming

• She wrote inspirational speeches that encouraged people to fight

What role did Patrick Henry play in the revolution?

• He wrote plays mocking the British

• He was an excellent soldier in the army

• He warned colonists that the British were coming

• He wrote inspirational speeches that encouraged people to fight

What role did Paul Revere play in the revolution?

• He wrote plays mocking the British

• He was an excellent soldier in the army

• He warned colonists that the British were coming

• He wrote inspirational speeches that encouraged people to fight