American Revolutionary War Quiz

What British law allowed British Soldiers to live in colonists homes?

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Tea Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Proclamation of 1763

How did the British government respond to the Boston Tea Party?

• Passed the Quartering Act

• Passed the Intolerable Acts

• Passed the Tea Act

• Played Yankee Doodle Dandy

"No Taxation without Representation," Why did this slogan become popular among the British colonists?

• The British government began taxing colonial goods to pay for the French and Indian War.

• The local colonial government began taxing for new roads over the Appalachian Mountains.

• The colonial government began taxing goods for new houses.

• The British government began taxing goods to pay for the American Revolution.

Why did Thomas Paine write Common Sense?

• -to convince colonists to separate from England and become Patriots.

• -to convince colonists to continue to support British government.

• -to convince colonist to ask for a new king.

• -to convince colonists to separate from England and choose a new king.

What song was used for and against the American troops during the American Revolution?

• The Star Spangled Banner

• Yankee Doodle Dandy

• America the Beautiful

• The American Progress

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• Native Americans

• Patriots

• American Colonists

• British Loyalists

Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. Who helped him write it?

• George Washington and Ben Franklin

• Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine

• John Adams and George Washington

• Ben Franklin and John Adams

The Declaration of Independence is Important to America because. . .

• -it freed all African Americans

• -it is our nation's founding document that declares our freedom

• -it is a document other nations used to write a declaration

• -all who signed it could be hanged for treason

Who was the Founding Father and Patriot who led the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

• John Hancock

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

What act caused the Sons of Liberty to throw 92,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor?

• The Tea Act

• The Intolerable Act

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Quatering Act