Review - Causes of the Revolutionary War Test

During the Revolutionary Era, _________ _________ wrote a pamphlet titled: “Common Sense”

• Thomas Paine

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

What was the purpose of the Olive Branch Petition?

• to declare independence from Great Britain

• to force Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act

• to make peace with King George III

• to declare war against France

The Coercive Acts were enacted by Parliament to punish the colonists for the _______________________.

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Stamp Act Congress

• smuggling of tea

What phrase was popularized by lawyer James Otis and used to protest the Stamp Act?

• No taxation without representation

• We the people

• Live free or die hard

• Give me liberty or give me death

The Sugar Act allowed officers to seize goods from accused smugglers without going to court and actually __________ the tax on molasses that was imported into the colonies.

• repealed

• raised

• lowered

• maintained

Which document was written to proclaim independence and to explain why separation from Britain was necessary?

• U.S. Constitution

• Albany Plan of Union

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

This group organized political protests and used the Boston Massacre as propaganda to make the British look bad.

• Sons of Liberty

• Committee of Correspondence

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

Colonists who supported independence from Great Britain were known as _______________________.

• Continentals

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Redcoats

Colonists who supported the British were known as _______________________.

• Continentals

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Redcoats

This event took place on March 5, 1770 when 5 colonists were killed by British Soldiers

• French and Indian War

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Declaratory Act