American Revolution Quiz

The Proclamation of 1763 restricted –

• colonists from moving back to Great Britain

• the western movement of settlers

• the control of colonial legislatures

• the amount of tea imported from Europe

What significant event happened at the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

• These marked the end of the Revolutionary War.

• Colonists were shot after taunting British soldiers.

• These were the first armed conflicts of the Revolutionary War.

• Here the French joined the American colonists in fighting the British.

What three advantages did the colonists have to help them win the Revolutionary War?

• Some colonists’ defense of their own land, principles, and beliefs

• Additional support from France

• Strong leadership

• An on-going supply of food

Why did Great Britain impose taxes such as the Stamp Act?

• To stop colonial representation in Parliament

• To raise money to pay for the French and Indian War

• To stop British citizens from moving to colonial America

• To raise money to buy more land from the American Indians

What colony did not send delegates to the First Continental Congress?

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• New York

• Massachusetts

What Massachusetts man is known for promoting the cause of independence?

• George Washington

• Lord Cornwallis

• Patrick Henry

• John Adams

According to the Declaration of Independence, government derives its power from-

• colonial governors

• the people it governs

• the British king

• colonial legislatures

The outspoken Virginian above inspired patriots with his famous speech by saying—

• ...give me liberty or give me death!

• No taxation without representation!

• Don’t tread on me!

• ...if they want a war, let it begin here!

Who was a former enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting American independence?

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• Phillis Wheatley

• Paul Revere

Key philosophies in the Declaration of Independence were based upon ideas first expressed by European philosophers, such as -

• Thomas Paine

• Lord Cornwallis

• John Locke

• Charles Townshend