History - 28. Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution

What event marked the end of the 7 Years War in 1763?

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Stamp Act

• Treaty of Paris

Which act imposed a tax on documents, newspapers, and playing cards in the American colonies?

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

What was the main reason for the colonists' opposition to the Stamp Act?

• High tax rate

• Unfair trade policies

• Lack of direct representation in Parliament

• Presence of British troops

Which event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor in protest of British policies?

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Massacre

• Townshend Acts

• Boston Tea Party

What did the Continental Congress draft and approve during the American Revolution?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

Who wrote the famous line 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal'?

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

Which Enlightenment thinker argued that human reason rendered a belief in God unnecessary?

• Immanuel Kant

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Adam Smith

What did the American Revolution replace with a government that didn't have a king?

• Theocracy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Which group spread information about boycotts and coerced non-compliers into compliance during the American Revolution?

• Continental Army

• Committees of Correspondence

• Daughters of Liberty

• Sons of Liberty

What percentage of the American population were slaves of African descent during the American Revolution?

• 5%

• 15%

• 25%

• 30%