American Revolution Section 2 Quiz

Which event involved the dumping of tea into Boston Harbor as a protest against British taxation without representation?

• Gaspee Affair

• Boston Tea Party

• Coercive Acts

• First Continental Congress

What was the response of the British government to the Boston Tea Party, aimed at punishing the people of Massachusetts and asserting British authority?

• Lexington and Concord

• Second Continental Congress

• Coercive Acts

• Battle of Bunker Hill

Where did delegates from the thirteen colonies gather in 1774 to discuss their grievances against British policies and consider a united course of action?

• Lexington and Concord

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Boston Tea Party

Which term refers to colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty

• Minutemen

What was the first military engagement of the American Revolution, where 'the shot heard 'round the world' was fired?

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Lexington and Concord

• Coercive Acts

• Gaspee Affair

What was the incident where colonists attacked and burned a British customs ship, leading to increased tensions between the colonies and Britain?

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Second Continental Congress

• Lexington and Concord

• Gaspee Affair

Which legislative body issued the Declaration of Independence in 1776, declaring the thirteen colonies independent from British rule?

• First Continental Congress

• Coercive Acts

• Second Continental Congress

• Boston Tea Party

Thomas Jefferson suggested that each colony create this to communicate with the other colonies about British activities.

• Continental Congress

• Committee of Delegates

• Representative Democracy

• Committee of Correspondence

What is a boycott?

• Boycott is the name for Britain's law-making assembly.
• A boycott is a refusal to buy goods.
• A boycott is a tax on imported goods.
• A boycott is a volunteer army.

Why was the Committee of Correspondence formed?

• It was formed to protest the Tea Act.
• It was formed for faster communication between colonies.
• It was formed to keep colonists away from the Ohio River Valley.
• It was formed to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party.