Revolutionary Pre-War Quiz Review

What was the main reason for the Boston Tea Party?

• Protest against high tea prices

• Demand for independence from Britain

• Protest against the Tea Act and taxation without representation

• A celebration of colonial unity

What did the Stamp Act require colonists to do?

• Pay for a stamp on all paper goods

• Stamp all imported goods

• Obtain a government stamp for land purchases only

• Stamp all letters and packages

What was the purpose of the Quartering Act?

• To quarter the size of the colonial army

• To require colonists to provide housing and supplies to British soldiers

• To divide colonial territories into four quarters

• To quarter the taxes on tea

What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?

• Punish the Massachusetts Colony after the Boston Tea Party

• Recoup money lost during the French and Indian War

• To allow British soldiers to search Colonists homes

• To place a tax on imported goods

What was the main goal of the Townshend Acts?

• To punish Boston for the Tea Party

• To enforce stricter control over the colonies

• To raise revenue from the colonies through duties on imported goods

• To establish British military rule in America

What did the Proclamation of 1763 declare?

• Independence of the American colonies

• That colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

• The end of the French and Indian War

• The beginning of the Revolutionary War

What was the main purpose of the Sugar Act?

• To ban the importation of sugar

• To raise revenue through the taxation of sugar and molasses imported into the colonies

• To encourage the production of sugar in the colonies

• To decrease sugar consumption among colonists

What were Writs of Assistance?

• Assistance programs for poor colonists

• Legal documents that served as a general search warrant

• Documents that assisted in the quartering of soldiers

• Writs to assist in the collection of the Stamp Act taxes

What event is known as the Boston Massacre?

• The first battle of the Revolutionary War

• A violent protest against the Stamp Act

• A confrontation where British soldiers killed five colonists

• The destruction of tea during the Boston Tea Party

Who were the Minutemen?

• British soldiers stationed in the colonies

• Colonial spies during the Revolutionary War

• Colonial militia ready to fight at a minute's notice

• Members of the British Parliament sympathetic to the colonial cause