American Revolution Quiz

What role did physical geography play in the Battle of Yorktown?

• American troops had advantageous positions on hilltops.

• British troops were protected by wide rivers in the region.

• British troops were trapped on a peninsula.

• American troops fought well in dense forests.

The British send this man to keep order in the Ohio Valley.

• George Grenville

• Jeffrey Amherst

• Crispus Attucks

• Samuel Maverick

What was the colonists’ main argument against the Stamp Act?

• It was not consistent with a free-enterprise system.

• The colonists had no representatives in Parliament.

• Colonists were already being hurt by the Navigation Acts.

• The colonists were already being taxed by their colonial assemblies.

The refusal to obey unjust laws using non-violent means.

• Civil disobedience

• Boycott

• Repeal

• Civil service

The essential idea behind the British mercantilist system was that

• the colonies should expand trade with other nations.

• taxes should be lower to encourage small business growth.

• economic growth in the colonies should benefit Britain.

• any tax increases should be used to support colonial growth.

How did the aftermath of the Proclamation of 1763 show the growing tension between Parliament and the colonies?

• Many angry settlers ignored the proclamation and moved westward.

• The settlers refused to expand trade networks in western lands.

• The settlers welcomed additional British troops to provide security.

• Most settlers disliked the proclamation but agreed to move eastward.

Why did the colonists object so strongly to writs of assistance?

• They violated property rights under British law.

• They restricted the right to public protests.

• They prosecuted smugglers from other countries.

• They encouraged expansion of trade with England.

What 2 countries were fighting in the French and Indian War?

• America and France

• France and Britain

• Britain and Germany

• France and Spain

Mohawk leader who led Iroquois forces in raiding settlements in Pennsylvania and New York.

• Paul Revere

• Joseph Brant

• George Rogers Clark

• John Paul Jones

___________ was an agreement to forbid colonists from crossing over to the Appalachian Mountains.

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Quartering Act