US History Quiz - American Revolution

A colonist who helped the British soldiers was a

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Redcoat

• Freeman

Why did the French and the British go to war in 1754?

• The French helped the Iroquois

• The British helped the Huron

• Both wanted the Ohio River Valley

• The French wanted control of Mexico

Who would have said "No taxation, without representation"?

• A Patriot

• A Loyalist

• The King of England

• A tax collector

Great Britain raised taxes on the colonists to pay for

• stamps

• tobacco from the colonies

• the Revolutionary War

• the French and Indian War

Which of the following would have been taxed during the Stamp Act?

• Tea

• Playing cards

• Cloth

• Hats

What was the Tea Act?

• It created a monopoly so that tea could be sold cheaply, but only by one British tea company.

• It closed the port of Boston and took away all their government leaders.

• It was a tax on all paper goods such as books, playing cards, and legal documents.

• It was a meeting where representatives from each colony discussed what to do about the king's action.

Why did "tea parties" occur after the Tea Act was in place?

• The colonists decided they did not like tea anymore.

• So that the colonists would not be tempted to break the boycott.

• Because the colonists thought that the king's acts were intolerable.

• The King wanted to celebrate having the colonies

Which of the following is the best definition of minutemen?

• delegates from the colonies

• soldiers who were ready to fight

• colonists who were loyal to Great Britain

Delegates of the Second Continental Congress met in

• Lexington

• Philadelphia

• New Orleans

• Boston

Thomas Paine argued for independence because

• colonists could not rule themselves

• colonists wanted to pay more taxes

• Great Britain was ignoring the colonies

• Great Britain was too far away to rule the colonies