American Revolution Quiz

What was the method of communication between towns and colonies about how to challenge new British laws?

• Committees of Correspondence

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Continental Congress

Who was the Boston leader who believed Parliament could not tax the colonists without their permission?

• George Washington

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

What did the Stamp Act of 1765 require colonists to pay for?

• Tea

• Housing British soldiers

• An official stamp when buying paper items

• Communication between towns

Who wrote plays in the Massachusetts colony that accused British leaders of being greedy?

• Samuel Adams

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington

What event involved shootings by British soldiers that killed five colonists?

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Boston Massacre

• Intolerable Acts

What did the Tea Act allow a British company to do?

• Sell cheap tea directly to the colonists

• Tax the colonists without permission

• House British soldiers in colonists' homes

• Communicate between towns and colonies

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• A gathering of colonial leaders

• A protest where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

• A battle won by the British

• A pamphlet arguing against British rule

What were the Intolerable Acts?

• Laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party

• A method of communication between towns

• A gathering of colonial leaders

• An act allowing a British company to sell tea

What did the Quartering Act require colonists to do?

• Pay for an official stamp

• House British soldiers

• Sell tea directly to colonists

• Communicate between towns

What was the First Continental Congress?

• A protest where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

• A gathering of colonial leaders troubled about the relationship with Great Britain

• A battle won by the British

• A pamphlet arguing against British rule