American Revolution Test Prep

What was the last major battle of the American Revolution?

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Concord

• Battle of Yorktown

• French and Indian War

What document was signed on July 4, 1776?

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Bill of Rights

What two countries fought in the French and Indian War?

• The Indians and the France

• France and Great Britain

• Spain and The Netherlands

• France and the Colonists

What was the Stamp Act?

• A tax on tea

• A tax on postage stmaps

• A tax on paper documents

• A tax on molasses

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• Patriots dumped 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor.

• A night where British soldiers killed 7 colonists after a fight.

• A tax on tea

• A huge party in Boston where they served tea.

What did the Sugar Act tax?

• Taxed tea

• Taxed just sugar

• increased the tax on sugar and coffee

• Taxed sugar and molasses and increased the tax on coffee and indigo

What marked the official end to the Revolutionary War?

• The signing of the Treaty of Paris

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Battles of Lexington and Concord

What were the Intolerable Acts?

• Great Britain response to the Boston Tea Party

• The British Navy closed Boston Harbor

• The Massachusetts legislature couldn't' meet without permission from Thomas Gage

• All of the above

What was the 1st Continental Congress?

• The House of Burgesses signed the Constitution.

• Representatives from each colony met to sign the Declaration of Independence.

• The British Parliament came together to come up with the Coercive Acts.

• Representatives from the colonies met to decide what to do about the Intolerable Acts

What was the Tea Act?

• A tax on sugar

• A tax on tea

• It made the colonists only buy tea from British agents which was taxed.

• An increased tax on tea