Road to Revolution Review

The Stamp Act imposed taxes on which type of goods in the British colonies?

• Tea

• Printed materials

• Sugar

• Glass

The Sons of Liberty originally organized protests against which unpopular British-imposed tax?

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

The midnight ride taken by Paul Revere warned local militias that:

• The Declaration of Independence had been written

• British troops were arriving

• More taxes were being imposed

• George Washington had taken command

Which Founding Father and prominent lawyer defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre?

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

The concept of "no taxation without representation" referred to:

• Taxing goods without the consent of Parliament

• Colonists paying taxes despite having no representatives in Parliament

• Taxes imposed on British citizens in England

• Tax revenue used outside of the colonies

Which punitive laws passed by the British parliament after the Boston Tea Party were called the "Intolerable Acts" by American colonists?

• The Tea Act

• The Conciliatory Act

• The Coercive Acts

• The Restraining Acts

Loyalists during the Revolutionary era were colonists who:

• Actively rebelled against British Rule

• Remained loyal to the British crown

• Traveled to Britain to protest policies

• Were neutral or uncertain in their loyalties

The Declaration of Independence declared the colonies:

• Free and independent states no longer under British rule

• Subjects of King George III under British tyranny

• Under martial law through George Washington’s command

• Allied with Britain in the fight against France

Who led the Continental Army as its Commander-in-Chief?

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

The Boston Tea Party was a protest staged by colonial patriots because:

• They were angered by new tax laws imposed without their approval

• The East India Company was granted a monopoly on the colonial tea trade

• Tea imports undercut the prices of colonial smugglers

• All of the above