American Revolution Quiz

The phrase "no taxation without representation" means _____.

• citizens should not be taxed by a government if they do not have a representative

• King George 3rd can tax all of the colonies

• The tax collectors must all be punished

• All of the colonists must become British

Colonists reacted to the Stamp Act by (a)   .

The outcome of the French and Indian War was _____.

• Britain gained control over more territories
• Less taxes on the colonies

• The French gained more territory

• Colonists moved to Great Britain

During the American Revolution, Great Britain raised taxes on the colonists because of _____.

• financial war debts

• alliances with France

• War with Germany

• War with Mexico

The colonists believed that Parliament did not have the right to tax them because _____.

• they had no representation
• they died from the Boston Massacre

• the Boston Tea Party

• Samuel Adams

Which of the following was NOT a significant impact of the Boston Massacre?

• increased colonial unrest
• Crispus Attuck died

• increeased patriots

• King George 3rd died

True or False: Samuel Adams was an African American victim of the Boston Massacre?

• True

• False

The colonists learned that their strongest weapons against unpopular British tax measures was to (a)   .

What quote did Patrick Henry say in 1775 to encourage his fellow Virginians to join the cause for liberty?

• Give me liberty, or give me death!
• Pursuit of happiness!

• Death to slavery!

• Freedom!

Why did the French and the British go to war in 1754?