Mrs.Long Presents "The A.R." Quiz

Why did the colonist rebel against King George III?

• Taxes and harsh new laws

• The King took away all their tea

• The closing of New York harbor was the last straw

• All colonist were forced to become Loyalist or pay a tax.

This law closed Boston Harbor.

• The Intolerable Act

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Townshend Act

• The Stamp Act

All colonies except __________ attended the First Continental Congress meeting in Philadephia, PA.

• South Carolina

• Florida

• Georgia

• Virginia

What was the name of the document that the First Continental Congress sent to King George III?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Declaration of Rights

• The Olive Branch Petition

• The Boston Courier

What happened on April 18, 1775?

• The Battle of Boston

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

• The sieizing of the ship "Liberty"

• The First Coninental Congress

Who took the famous "Midnight Ride" to warn the Massachusetts

countryside that the British were marching to seize their weapons.

• Paul Revere

• William Dawes

• Samuel Prescott

• George Washington

What is a "regular?"

• A Whig

• A Tory

• A Red Coat

• A Loyalist

Who appointed George Washington as the Commander of the Continental Army?

• 1st Continental Congress

• 2nd Continental Congress

• The Regulars

• The Massachusets Assembly

What was the name of the document that the 2nd Coninental Congress sent to King George III?

• The Oliver Branch Petition

• The Declatation of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

This Battle was a loss for the Patriots, but they proved that they could take on the British.

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• The Battle of Long Island

• The Battle of Fort Ticonderoga