American Revolution Quiz 1

What was the motto of the Sons of Liberty?

• No taxation without representation

• United We Stand, Divided We Fall

• Liberty or Death

• All for One, One for All

What famous event involved dumping tea into the ocean?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Great Tea Rush of 1848

• The Midnight Tea Toss of 1776

• The New York Tea Dump of 1773

What British law did the colonists first protest?

• Stamp Act

• The Tea Act

• The Great Reform Act

The colonist were angry about

• Taxes

• The weather

• English soldiers

What did the colonists dress like when they dumped the tea

• Mohawk Indians

• Seminole Indians

• Red Coats

• Soldiers

The _______________ were a group of patriots who revolted against parliament.

• Sons of Liberty

• The Cavaliers

• The Whigs

• The Jacobites

The British were angry after the Boston Tea Party so they

• Enforced new laws as punishment

• They declared war on the American colonists

• They launched a naval blockade of the American colonies

• They cut off all trade with the American colonies

What did the colonists call the new laws enforced on them after the Boston Tea Party?

• Intolerable Acts

• The Boston Laws

• The Taxation Laws

• The Colonial Laws

Why did the British feel the new laws were intolerable (hard to deal with)?

• They could not trade and had to quarter (house) the British soldiers.

• The colonists felt the new laws were too expensive to implement.

• The colonists felt the new laws were too restrictive.

• The British felt the new laws were too complicated to understand.

The stamp act taxed all _____ goods.

• Paper

• Clothing

• Electronics

• Furniture