Module 4 Test

Colonists challenged British taxes effectively by __________ British goods.

• boycotting
• buying
• smuggling
• stealing

What was the Boston Massacre?

• the violent seizure of colonists to serve in the British army and navy
• the execution of British soldiers for their part in the deaths of five colonists
• an attack on colonists by British soldiers to punish them for boycotting British goods
• an incident where colonists clashed with British soldiers and five colonists died as a result

What was the Tea Act?

• It forced colonists to buy British tea instead of less-expensive colonial tea.
• It limited how much tea each colonist could purchase from the British East India Company.
• It placed a tax on tea so that colonists had to pay higher prices for tea bought from colonial merchants.
• It allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to colonists instead of to colonial merchants.

Why did Parliament pass the Intolerable Acts?

• to punish Boston for the Boston Massacre
• to force colonists to pass their own laws
• to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party
• to force colonists to buy their own tea

What was the goal of the First Continental Congress?

• to ask King George III to correct problems with the colonies
• to declare independence from King George III and Great Britain
• to petition Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts
• to draft laws in Philadelphia to govern the colonies independently

The opening shots of the American Revolution were fired at _________.

• Boston
• Boxborough
• Concord
• Lexington

What did the Second Continental Congress accomplish when it met in May of 1775?

• It voted to declare independence from Great Britain.
• It established a committee to list grievances for King George III.
• It petitioned King George III again and created the Continental army.
• It created a federal constitution and requested funds from Great Britain.

At the Second Continental Congress, __________ was named commander of the Continental army.

• Samuel Adams
• John Hancock
• Patrick Henry
• George Washington

Why did the British army retreat from Boston in March of 1776?

• It had difficulty being resupplied from ships in the harbor.
• It was surrounded by the Continental army and its cannons.
• It was defeated badly at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
• It had too few soldiers and cannons to control the city.

In January 1776, __________ published Common Sense in order to argue for independence for the American colonies.

• Benedict Arnold
• Thomas Jefferson
• Henry Knox
• Thomas Paine