Road to Revolution

When the Colonists in Massachusetts got super upset over the Tea Act, the anger eventually boiled over on December 16, 1773 in an event where a bunch of tea got ruined and dumped into the ocean.

• The Boston Massacre

• The Coercive Acts

• That thing when the people did the thing because of the other thing that made them sure that the thing they were angry about needed to be handled because things can get messy you know?

• The Boston Tea Party

After the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament decided to punish the colonies by passing the Coercive Acts. The Colonists hated these acts and had a different name for them, what did the Colonists call the Coercive Acts?

• The Townshend Acts

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Meanie King's New Dumb Rules

• The Glorious Laws

On April 19, 1775 the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired in what small Massachusetts town?

• Boston

• Lexington

• Philadelphia

• Jamestown

The first "government" in America began meeting in Philadelphia in May of 1775 and contained delegates (representatives) from each of the colonies. This group would meet off and on again during the course of the Revolutionary War. What was this group called?

• The House of Burgesses

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Second Continental Congress

• The British Parliament

In June of 1775 the first major battle of the Revolutionary War occurred near Boston. In this battle, the British fought to take over colonist positions in an area north of Boston that looked down upon the town. Even though the British lost more troops, they did eventually win the battle. What battle was it?

• The Battle for the Hilly Hill place on the Hills.

• The Capture of Ft. Ticonderoga

• The Battle of Concord

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

In early 1776, an Englishman named Thomas Paine published a pamphlet to try and argue the fact that it was time for the colonists to separate themselves from the British government and strike out on their own. It was a very convincing pamphlet and encouraged many people that it was definitely time to start a Revolution. What was the pamphlet called?

• The Olive Branch Petition

• The Declaration of Independence

• It's Time

• Common Sense

What is the name of the document that finally stated that the colonies were free from being ruled by Britain because it was "Too late to apologize"?

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence.

• The Olive Branch Petition

• The Get Off My Back Paper.

Formed in response to the Intolerable Acts, colonies sent representatives to meet in Philadelphia in 1774. Sent the British Declaration of Rights to King George III and endorsed the Suffolk Resolves.

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

Why did Paul Revere and William Dawes take part in the famous "Midnight Ride"

• To warn General Washington the British were attacking Fort Ticonderoga

• To warn colonial militias in Lexington & Concord the British were coming to seize arms.

In April 1775, General Gage called for the arrests of Samuel Adams and John Hancock.

• True

• False