The American Revolution

Which is the direct effect of Great Britain having debt due to the French and Indian War?

• The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act.

• The Sons of Liberty conducted the Boston Tea Party.

• The Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga.

• Bernardo de Galvez provided money and supplied to the Patriots.

Which is a way the colonists opposed the Stamp Act?

• Colonists frightened and threatened stamp agents.

• People boycotted British goods.

• Protestors hung effigies of local stamp agents in trees.

• Colonists shouted, "No taxation without representation!"

• The Sons of Liberty sent warships to Great Britain.

After the Stamp Act was repealed, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts. What is the name of a tax placed on many goods imported from Britain?

• debt

• tariff

• boycott

• congress

Which colonist was killed during the Boston Massacre?

• Nathan Hale

• Patrick Henry

• Crispus Attucks

• Thomas Gage

What was the purpose in forming the Committees of Correspondence?

• To organize boycotts of British goods.

• To share news about British actions and colonial protests.

• To create and train militias.

• To create poems and plays to oppose the British.

Which action was the direct result of Parliament's Tea Act of 1773?

• Repeal of the Townshend Acts

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Intolerable Acts

On the night of April 18, 1775, who rode to warn the minutemen that, "the British were coming!"

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Gage

• William Dawes

• Samuel Prescott

In which city was the first "shot heard round the world" fired?

• Concord

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington

• Ticonderoga

Which battle was lost simply due to the Patriots running out of ammunition?

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• The Battle of Trenton

• The Battle of Saratoga

During the Second Continental Congress, who was chosen to lead the Continental Army?

• George Washington

• John Hancock

• Patrick Henry

• Samuel Adams