American Revolution

What does the word "revolution" mean in American Revolution?

• to turn something around
• to turn over or overthrow a government
• to turn towards a new way of thinking
• a time in American history when the colonists overthrew the British government

What was Parliament?

• early groups of colonists that met to discuss the Revolution
• an act passed by the British
• the name of the colonial government
• the name of the British government

What was the Seven Years' War fought over?

• land and power
• control of Great Britian
• control of France
• to overthrow the government

Who won the Seven Years' War?

• British

• French

• Native Americans

• Americans

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• a British rule banning colonists from settling east of the Mississippi River
• a British rule banning colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
• a British tax on the settlement of new land in the West
• a British rule requiring the colonists to trade with the French and Native Americans

Why were the colonists angry about the Sugar Act?

• It raised taxes on all baked good, such as cakes and sweet breads.
• It forced colonists to buy sugar from Great Britain.
• It forced the colonists to pay extra taxes on some goods, including sugar.
• It forced colonists to stop selling sugar.

How did the Stamp Act affect colonists?

• It forced them to pay taxes on all printed items.
• It forced them to place a British stamp on everything they owned.
• It banned them from mailing letters or shipping goods.
• It forced them to get a stamp before traveling anywhere within the colonies.

What was the case against the king?

• A legal case between the colonists and the King about the Stamp Act, Tea Act, and Sugar Act.
• A legal case between the colonists and Parliament about the Boston Massacre.
• A phrase that referred to all of the wrongs the King had done to the colonists.
• A phrase that referred to all of the wrongs the King had done to his soldiers during the war.

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• just before the beginning of the Revolutionary War
• during the Revolutionary War
• right at the end of the Revolutionary War
• many years after the Revolutionary War

Who won the Revolutionary War?

• Parliament and King George
• Great Britain
• The Sons of Liberty
• American colonists