Ch. 8 The Road to War

What was the battle that signaled the start of the American Revolution? (Hint: It became known as "the shot heard around the world.")

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• The Battle of Princeton

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

Why did the Boston Tea Party happen?

• American colonists wanted to buy tea from only one British company.

• American colonists were protesting against the tea tax and being forced to buy tea from only one British company.

• American colonists wanted to start a war against France.

Which American leader famously said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"?

• Patrick Henry

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

What does it mean to "boycott" something?

• It means to trade goods and services

• It means to refuse to buy goods and services.

• It means to buy as much of certain goods as possible.

Why was the British government taxing the American colonies so heavily during this point in history?

• It was to pay for expanding New Orleans.

• It was to pay for the cost of the French and Indian War.

• It was to pay for repairing Fort Necessity.

Which British law was a tax on paper goods for the American colonists?

• The Quartering Act

• The Townshend Act

• The Stamp Act

What was the name used to describe American colonists that supported British rule?

• Patriots

• Partisans

• Loyalists

Which side won the Battle of Bunker Hill?

• The British

• The American colonists

• The French

Which Patriot rider successfully rode to Concord to warn the militia at what became known as the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

• Samuel Prescott

• Paul Revere

• William Dawes

Why were the American colonists protesting against British taxes?

• It was because the American colonists felt that the Germans won the French and Indian War.

• It was because the American colonists felt that the British government did not have the right to tax them.

• It was because the American colonists wanted to join the Spanish Empire.