American Revolution Test Review

Which of the following is a way the colonists reacted to the Stamp Act?

• They declared their independence

• They took part in the Boston Tea Party

• They boycotted British goods

• They paid the stamp taxes

Colonists ready to fight at a moment's notice.

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Minutemen

• Lexington

Also known as the Coercive Acts; closed the port of Boston.

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Navigation Acts

• Mayflower Compact

Which country lost most of its land in the New World as a result of the French and Indian War?

• France

• Britain

• Spain

• Portugal

The final draft of the Declaration of Independence was ratified on

• July 4th, 1773

• July 4th, 1774

• July 4th, 1775

• July 4th, 1776

What was the political body that represented the Americans and challenged British control?

• Coercive Acts

• Sons of Liberty

• Continental Congress

• Suffolk Resolves

The volunteer from France who became Washington's aide during the war was?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Frances Marion

• Thomas Paine

• Marquis de Lafayette

The pamphlet Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine, helped convince the colonists to

• arm militias

• separate from Britian

• raise taxes

• petition King George III for peace

In this cartoon, what do the letters around the snake represent?

• countries

• governors

• major rivers

• colonies

The preamble of the Declaration of Independence states that people who wish to form a new country must

• go to war

• post a notice in the newspaper

• be white-land-owning men

• explain their reasons for doing so