American Revolution

The Tea Act was passed by British Parliament. It said that...

• a. colonists in America were not allowed to drink tea

• b. colonists in America must produce more tea for Britain

• c. tea could not be transported by ship in the New England colonies

• d. only the East India Company could sell tea to the colonies

What happened during the Boston Tea Party?

• a. Colonists sank a ship filled with British tea in Boston Harbor.

• b. The British accidentally spilled a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor.

• c. Mohawk Indians boarded British ships and dumped tea into the harbor

• d. colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded British ships and dumped tea into the harbor

What were the Intolerable Acts?

• a. a set of laws that were designed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party

• b. a set of laws that encouraged the colonists to drink more tea

• c. a set of laws designed to keep the colonists safe from harm

• d. a set of laws that unfairly protected British people, but not colonists

In April of 1775, British soldiers were on their way to Concord, Massachusetts to...

• a. apologize for treating the colonists unfairly

• b. arrest all American colonists and put them in jail

• c. to destroy military supplies that the colonists had been stockpiling

• d. talk with the colonists and find a peaceful solution to their disagreements

What did Paul Revere do when he saw the British crossing the Charles River in Boston?

• a. He fired his gun at British soldiers.

• b. He led the colonists back to the British ships to fight.

• c. He distracted the British while the colonists ran away.

• d. He warned colonists that the British were coming.

How were the first factories powered by before the use of the steam engine?

• water

• oil

• fire

• iron

Which of these required a steam engine to be used?

• Make silver

• Powering a factory

• Using an electric scooter

• To make food

The Steam Engine was used in mills to make all these except

• Cotton

• Iron

• paper

• clothes