Revolutionary War Practice Quiz

Which was NOT an effect of the French and Indian (or 7 Years) War?

• Great Britain gained France's territories in America

• Colonists and Native Americans fought over land

• Great Britain struggled to pay for the war

• France was given Britain's territories

What was an effect of the Proclamation of 1763?

• Five men were shot and killed by British soldiers

• Boston's ports were closed down

• Colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

• America declared independence from Britain

The Townsend Acts were...

• Acts of revolution by colonists against the British

• A set of laws removing taxes from the colonists

• A set of laws placing new taxes on colonists

• A law prohibiting colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

Which laws were created to punish Bostonians following the Boston Tea Party?

• Townsend Acts

• Quartering Act

• Act of Grace

• Intolerable Acts

The law requiring colonists to provide housing, food, supplies, and transportation to British soldiers was...?

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Quartering Act

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Declaration of Independence

Why were the Townsend Acts important?

• It placed taxes on common goods and allowed officials to search colonists' homes and businesses.

• It required colonists to send all their money to King George III.

• It declared the colonists' independence from Britain.

• It made the colonists happy with British rule over them.

Why was the Stamp Act important?

• It taxed tea, glass, and other common goods, so colonists could not afford them.

• It taxed all stamps, so colonists could not send angry letters to King George III.

• It taxed all printed papers, which made colonists upset.

• It required that all colonists had to have a stamp of approval from King George III.

In response to boycotts against British goods like tea, King George III made a law that...?

• Made British goods cheaper so colonists would buy them

• Required colonists to buy tea from Britain

• Gave every colonist a months' supply of free tea

• Made tea the only drink that colonists could have

What caused the Boston Massacre?

• British soldiers gathered to protest the Townsend Acts, and a colonist fired into the crowd

• A colonist got angry and shot a British soldier

• Colonists gathered to protest the Townsend Acts, and a British soldier fired into the crowd

• Colonists gathered to protest the new laws and dumped tea into Boston Harbor

What was an effect of the Boston Tea Party?

• Britain ran out of tea to send to the colonies

• Boston's harbors were closed

• Boston's harbors were reopened and British troops left Boston

• Five men were shot and killed by British soldiers