Events Leading to the Revolutionary War Quiz

Who was the first person to be killed at the Boston Massacre?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Crispus Attucks

• John Adams

What was the name of the organization that formed to protest the Stamp Act and later British rule, known for spinning bees and boycotting tea?

• Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty

• Militia

• Daughters of Liberty

Which act restated the power of Parliament to tax the American colonies after the Stamp Act protests?

• The Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Declaratory Act

• The Sugar Act

Who wrote the pamphlet 'Common Sense' that encouraged the thirteen colonies to seek independence from Great Britain?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Paine

What was the slogan developed in the colonies in protest to the taxes imposed by the British government?

• No Taxation without Representation

• Give me liberty or give me death!

• Taxation is Tyranny

• Liberty or Death

What was the name of the company at the center of the argument over tea in the colonies?

• Boston Tea Company

• East India Tea Company

• British Tea Company

• Colonial Tea Company

Who was the king of the United Kingdom during the American Revolution?

• King George V

• King George IV

• King George II

• King George III

What was the name of the war fought in the American colonies for control of the Ohio River Valley?

• The French and Indian War

• The American Revolution

• The Revolutionary War

• The War of Independence

What was the name of the act passed to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party, which closed the port of Boston and denied the colonies their own trials?

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Townshend Acts

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act

What was the name of the treaty that formally ended the Seven Years War, with the British gaining all the land formerly owned by the French?

• The Treaty of 1763

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Treaty of London

• The Treaty of Versailles