American Revolution Flashcards Quiz

Who was a prominent leader in the American Revolution and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

What were the organizations set up in the American colonies to help coordinate resistance against the British government?

• Loyalists and British Alliance

• Colonial Cooperation and United Front

• Committees of Correspondence and Sons of Liberty

• Parliament and Royal Society

What was the law passed by the British Parliament that imposed a direct tax on the American colonies and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp?

• Intolerable Acts

• Tea Act

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

Who was an American writer and playwright and was known as the 'Conscience of the American Revolution'?

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

What event occurred on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers killed five colonists in Boston?

• Virginia Rebellion

• Philadelphia Riot

• Boston Massacre

• New York Uprising

What was the law passed by the British Parliament that granted the British East India Company the right to sell tea to the American colonies without paying taxes that colonial tea sellers had to pay?

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Party Act

• Coffee Act

What was the political protest that took place in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773, where a group of American colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded ships and destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company?

• Washington Tea Party

• Philadelphia Tea Party

• New York Tea Party

• Boston Tea Party

What were the series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party?

• Friendly Acts

• Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts

• Tolerant Acts

• Acceptable Acts

What was the law that required the American colonies to provide housing and provisions for British troops?

• Troop Lodging Law

• British Barracks Act

• Housing Mandate

• Quartering Act

Who was a prominent leader in the American Revolution and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States?

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson