American Revolution 1.6

True or false: Great Britain desired to remain a world power.

• True

• False

What war took place in America before the Revolution?

• War of Roses

• World War I

• Civil War

• French and Indian War

Who was Great Britain's main competition?

• Netherlands

• Spain

• Germany

• France

What did Great Britain do in order to pay their debt from the French Indian War?

• Taxed people in Great Britain

• Taxed people in the colonies

• Took out more loans

• Forced the king to sell things

True or false: the Stamp Act only taxed official documents.

• True

• False

What city were British troops kept in to prevent the colonists from rising up?

• Williamsburg

• Jamestown

• Philadelphia

• Boston

What is the name of the legislature (organization that makes laws) in Great Britain?

• Congress

• House of Delegates

• Parliament

• Town Hall

This did not allow the colonists to move west.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Coercive Acts

What document stated that America was breaking free of Great Britain?

• Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Preamble

Who rode his horse and was able to warn patriots that "the British were coming?"

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Patrick Henry

• Samuel Adams