American Revolution Quiz

Which of the following was NOT included in the Intolerable Acts?

• The Quartering Act

• Banning town meetings

• The Massachusetts's Government Act

• The Tea Act

What is the term for information that is spread for the purpose of promoting a cause?

• Propaganda

• Trade

• Smuggling

• Education

Who was put on trial for the Boston Massacre?

• Thomas Preston

• Paul Revere

• Crispus Attucks

• John Adams

What does the slogan "no taxation without representation" mean?

• No more taxes

• Fair taxes for all

• No taxes without a representative in government

• No taxes for certain groups

Which act taxed all paper materials?

• The Stamp Act

• The Sugar Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Coercive Acts

What did Paul Revere and the colonists use the Bloody Massacre as a form of?

• Sales for newspapers

• Propaganda

• A call to war

• A reason to trust the British

What was King George's response after receiving the Declaration of Rights?

• Sent flowers to Benjamin Franklin

• Wrote back denying them of their rights

• Sent more British soldiers to control the colonists

• Wrote back giving them what they asked for

What group is responsible for the Boston Tea Party and other protests?

• New Yorkers

• The Daughters of Liberty

• The Loyalists

• The Sons of Liberty

What was the major purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• To persuade England to end slavery in America

• To list the reasons the colonies should be free from England

• To provide a plan for financing the American Revolution

• To convince the king to grant the colonists more land

Who rode through Massachusetts to warn Americans that the British Army was coming to Concord?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere

• Benjamin Franklin

• Charles Cornwallis