American Revolution Test Review

Why did the Sons of Liberty throw 92,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor? (5.2A)

• The tea was cheaper but it was from East India and they were worried it was infected with mites.

• The British Tea Act had passed and the colonists had no representation in the British government.

• The British Parliament only allowed for one representative to be there for all thirteen colonies.

• Tea plants were being cultivated in the Middle Colonies and British tea was of much lower quality and higher priced.

What caused the slogan "No Taxation Without Representation" to become popular among many British colonists? (5.2A, 5.23C)

• The British government began taxing colonial goods to pay for the French and Indian War; however, there was no one in government that represented the colonies.

• The British government began taxing colonial goods to help pay for the American Revolution; however, there was no one in the government that represented the colonies.

• The local colonial government began taxing colonial goods to help pay for new roads over the Appalachian Mountains; however, there was no one in the government that represented the colonies.

• The colonial government began taxing goods so the British government had money to pay for new housing in the Ohio Valley.

General George Washington was -  (5.2B)

• the Founding Father and Patriot that led the Continental Army during the American Revolution

• the president of the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolution and Founding Father.

• the French ally and patriot that aided the Americans during the American Revolution.

• 1. the British Patriot hero that led the British Army during the American Revolution.

  
  

What British law angered colonists because it allowed British soldiers to live in 

    their homes? (5.2A)

• The Townshend Acts

• 3. The Intolerable Acts

  
  

• 3. The Tea Act

  
  

• The Quartering Act

How did the British government respond to the Boston Tea Party? (5.2A)

• 3. By passing the Quartering Act 

  
  

• By passing the Townshend Act

• By passing the Intolerable Acts

• By passing the Tea Act

Why is the Declaration of Independence important to America? (5.14A)

• Members of the Second Continental Congress who signed the document could be hanged for treason.

• It is one of our nation’s founding documents that frees all African Americans from slavery.

• It is one of our nation’s founding documents that declares our government will be based on freedom and equality.

• It’s the document other nations used to write a declaration of their own independence from their king.

What did the Patriots in the Sons of Liberty do prior to the American Revolution?     

      (5.2B)

• They protested peacefully at the governors’ homes in all thirteen colonies.

• They organized riots and protests against the British government, including the Boston Tea Party.

• They sailed to Britain and spoke to the British Parliament about the lack of representation that existed for the colonies’ interests.

• They were the first to fire during the Boston Massacre and killed five British soldiers.

How did Common Sense by Thomas Paine affect the British colonists? (5.2A)

• It gave strong reasons to separate from England and many colonists became Patriots.

• It gave weak reasons to separate from England that caused more colonists to become Loyalists.

• It argued that King George III was a tyrant and we just needed a new king.

• It gave strong reasons to separate from England and to choose our own king here in the colonies.

What song was used by and against the American troops during the American  

     Revolution? (5.20A)

• Paul Revere’s Ride

• Yankee Doodle Dandy

• American Progress

• Star Spangled Banner

What did John Adams and Benjamin Franklin help Thomas Jefferson do? (5.2B)

• Defeat the British at the Battle of Saratoga

• 3. Beg King George III to allow colonists in British Parliament

  
  

• Write the Declaration of Independence

• The Boston Tea Party