American Revolution Quiz

What action did the leaders of the thirteen colonies take in 1776?

• Write the Articles of Confederation

• Ratify the U.S. Constitution

• Announce independence from Great Britain

• Establish three branches of government

According to the information in the excerpt, what British policy had the settlers been violating for some time?

• Mercantilism

• Free enterprise

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

Why did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to tensions between the colonists and Great Britain?

• It imposed taxes without colonial representation in Parliament.

• It demanded that all colonial goods be sold directly to Great Britain.

• It limited colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

• It replaced colonial legislatures with royal governors chosen by the King.

Which of the following British actions led the American colonists to claim that taxes were being imposed without their consent?

• Limited colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

• Replaced colonial legislatures with royal governors chosen by the King.

• Passage of the Stamp Act

• Administration of the Quebec Act

The British began imposing taxes on the colonists in 1765 to help pay for the costs of fighting against

• The Spanish Armada

• The American Revolution

• The Battle of Tippecanoe

• The French and Indian War

James Armistead helped contribute to the American victory in Yorktown by -

• Leading an elite regiment of French soldiers into battle

• Passing on information he had discovered while spying

• Donating significant amounts of money to help fund the Patriots

• Commanding troops for the settlers against the British forces

How did the French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette contribute to the American Revolutionary War?

• Encouraging soldiers to re-enlist after the winter at Valley Forge

• Spying on British troops for the settlers

• Negotiating the Treaty of Paris on behalf of the settlers

• Commanding troops for the settlers against the British forces

Why would the writings of Mercy Otis Warren be informative for a historian?

• She published the first novel set in colonial America.

• She recorded the procedure at the trial of the Boston Massacre.

• She contributed to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence.

• She was the author of one of the first accounts of the Revolutionary War.

Many people contributed to the revolutionary cause, although the first to give his life to the cause was

• James Armistead

• Crispus Attucks

• Bernardo de Galvez

• Haym Salomon

Thomas Paine contributed to the revolutionary cause by

• Founding a navy to fight in the revolutionary war

• Writing 'Common Sense' to persuade others to join the Patriots

• Protesting against the Stamp Act in his 'Give Me Liberty' speech

• Recruiting patriot fighters in New England known as the Green Mountain Boys