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American Revolution Quiz

Authored by Cindy York

Social Studies

8th Grade

5 Questions

American Revolution Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the name given to the violent event where British soldiers fired into a crowd, killing five citizens in Faneuil Hall?

The Boston Tea Party

The Intolerable Acts

The Boston Massacre

The Concord Skirmish

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which act by the American colonists angered King George and led him to pass the "Intolerable Acts"?

The boycotting of English goods

The Boston Massacre

The Boston Tea Party

The meeting of the First Continental Congress

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of the "Intolerable Acts" according to the passage?

To reward the colonists for their protests

To punish the state of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party

To declare war on the American colonies

To lift the taxes on tea

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who rode to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams that the British troops were on their way to Concord?

Captain Parker

Crispus Attucks

Paul Revere

Governor Thomas Gage

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What rights did the colonists believe they had as Englishmen?

The right to bear arms and to have a standing army

The right to free healthcare and education

The right to freedom of speech, assembly, and to vote on colonial funding

The right to impose taxes on the British

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