American Revolution

Which is NOT a tax that was placed on the colonists?

• Stamp Act

• Paper Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

What do we call it when you are being taxed with no one to speak for you in the government?

• Taxation without Representation

• Representation without Taxation

• Colonial Taxation

• Taxation with Delegation

What was the Boston Tea Party?

Besides the Boston Tea Party, what other event happened in Boston that caused colonists to protest British rule?

• Boston Witch Trials

• Declaration of Independence

• Olive Branch Petition

• Boston Massacre

Where were the first shots of the war fired?

• Philadelphia

• Saratoga

• Lexington and Concord

• Yorktown

Who warned the militia in Lexington and Concord that the British were coming?

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Hancock

• George Washington

Why did the British win the Battle of Bunker Hill?

What did the Second Continental Congress do?

• Wrote the Constitution

• Wrote the Declaration of Independence

• Wrote the Treaty of Paris

• Broke the Liberty Bell

Who is the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Robert Livingston

• Thomas Jefferson

Where did the colonists spend a harsh winter?

• Delaware

• Valley Forge

• Philadelphia

• Yorktown