Road to the Revolution Study Guide

Who won the French and Indian War?

• France

• Native Americans

• Great Britain

• Spain

After the French and Indian War, Britain owed a great deal of debt from borrowing money to supply soldiers during the war. In order to repay this debt, Britain decided to ______ the British citizens in England and in the American colonies.

• hire

• Enslave

• Jail

• Tax

Colonists were not happy about the taxes put upon them by Great Britain because they felt they were not represented in Parliament.

• True

• False

Which act put a tax on most paper goods and legal documents such as wills, contracts, playing cards and dice?

• The Tea Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Quartering Act

This was an act put in place by King George III of England that required American colonists to house and feed British soldiers who were stationed in America.

• The Tea Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Coercive Acts

The Boston Massacre was a fight between the American colonists and British soldiers where over 50 people were killed and unarmed.

• False

• True

The first person killed in the American Revolutionary War was Crispus Attucks.

• True

• False

The soldiers who were convicted of manslaughter during the trials that followed the Boston Massacre were punished by having an "M" branded on their left thumbs.

• True

• False

The final attempt made by the American colonists to avoid going to war with Great Britain; colonists pledged their loyalty to the crown and stated their rights as English citizens but the king ignored their please

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Treaty of Paris 1763

• The Olive Branch Petition

• The Declaration of Independence

Which battle was considered the "shot heard round the world" during the American Revolution?

• The Battle of Saratoga

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord