American Revolution Quiz -Part 1

Who was the Boston leader who believed Parliament could not tax the colonists without their permission?

• Samuel Adams

• Mercy Otis Warren

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

What was the method of communication between towns and colonies about British laws?

• Committees of Correspondence

• Stamp Act of 1765

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

Which act required colonists to pay for an official stamp when buying paper items?

• Stamp Act of 1765

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

• Intolerable Acts

Who was the female colonist writer who urged a boycott of British goods and helped organize the Committees of Correspondence?

• Samuel Adams

• Mercy Otis Warren

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

What event involved the shooting by British soldiers and killed five colonists?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Saratoga

Which act allowed a British company to sell cheap tea to the colonists?

• Stamp Act of 1765

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

• Intolerable Acts

What was the protest in which colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped 340 tea chests from British ships into Boston Harbor?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Saratoga

Which act required colonists to provide room in their homes, or quarters, for British soldiers?

• Stamp Act of 1765

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

• Intolerable Acts

Laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party:

• Intolerable Acts
• The Acts

• Repressive Measures
• Punitive Laws