American Revolution Enrichment

(one word) The main cause of the American Revolution is.....

What are your 3 Unalienable Rights, as expressed by Thomas Jefferson?

• Life, Liberty and Property

• Freedom of speech, religion and press

• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

• Food, water and shelter.

What was the main reason the British wanted to tax the American Colonists?

• To build up a military to stop the revolution

• To grow the empire and defeat the French

• King George III wanted to build a new mansion

• To help pay for the 7 Years War

What was the name of the war that started the American Revolution?

• British Parliament

• The French and Indian War

• Lexington and Concord

• The Civil War

Why did the British put a tax on paper materials in the colonies?

• The British did not like the colonists

• The British would use that money to buy weapons

• King George needed money to pay the soldiers

• The British were in debt because of the war

What was the name of the protestors that formed in Boston in response to the Stamp Act?

• The Tea Tax

• Patrick Henry

• The Sons of Liberty

• The British Parliament

What was the name of the event in Boston on December 1773, where people dumped chests of tea into the Boston Harbor?

• The Stamp Act

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Revolutionary War

• The battle of Bunker Hill

What was the name of the person who alerted the colonists, Samual Adams, and John Hancock that the British were coming?

• Paul Revere

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• Joe Biden

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Paul Revere

Why do we celebrate July 4th?

• That is when the Boston Tea Party happened.

• It signifies the date that the colonies were free from British control.

• Because it is summer and we can have cookouts.

• The last day of school.