Road to the Revolution

Which of the following was a major concern for the British at the end of the French 

and Indian War?

• 1. Britain had to find a way to pay back war debt

• 2. Slave rebellions were occurring throughout the entire south

• 1. Spain began attacking the American colonies

• 1. France was quickly gaining more land in America

Which law prompted the protest cry “no taxation without representation!”

• Proclamation of 1763

• Lexington and Concord

• Quartering Acts

• Stamp Act

What law forced Americans to feed and house British soldiers?

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

Which colonial port was declared closed in the Intolerable Acts?

• New York

• Boston

• Charleston

• Jamestown

A person who supported the British during the Revolution was called a:

• Minuteman

• Militiaman

• Patriot

• Loyalist

The head of the first continental army was:

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

All of the following statements about the Battle of Bunker Hill are true except:

• 1.      

  2. more American soldiers died than British

• 1. it was  a British victory

• 1. the Americans ran out of gunpowder

• 1. more British soldiers died than Americans

Who warned the Americans that “the British are coming!”?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Benjamin Franklin

What was the name given to the meeting of 12 delegates in Philadelphia?

• The First Constitutional Convention

• The Stamp Act Congress

• The Second Continental Congress

• The Boston Massacre

All of the following are ways that the colonists protested the policies of the British  

     except:

• 1. The Daughters of Liberty spun their own clothes in their homes

• 2. The Sons of Liberty organized a boycott of all British goods

• 2. Patriots tarred and feathered British customs officials

• 1. The Sons of Liberty forced Native Americans to fight the British