American Revolution Quiz

Why did the outcome of the French and Indian War motivate the colonists to start the revolutionary movement?

• Great Britain massacred a group of colonists in Boston

• Great Britain passed new taxes to pay for costs of the war

• Great Britain stopped sending goods to the American colonies

Colonists had no representatives in the British Parliament. Which slogan shows why the colonists did not want to obey tax laws?

• "Give me liberty or give me death."

• “No Taxation without Representation.”

• The Redcoats are coming.

France supported the colonists after they won which battle?

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Concord

Who is famous for his midnight ride to warn the militias that the British were coming?

• Benedict Arnold

• Samuel Adams

• Paul Revere

What happened at Lexington and Concord?

• The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired.

• The colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor.

• France started supporting the colonists.

Who fired the first shots of the Revolutionary War?

• The British fired the first shots of the Revolutionary War.

• No one knows who fired the first shots of the Revolutionary War.

• The Colonists fired the first shots of the Revolutionary War.

Benjamin Franklin was appointed as __________ in 1775 to help colonists stay in contact.

• President

• Commander in Chief

• Postmaster General

George Washington became Commander in Chief of the __________ in 1775.

• British Army

• Continental Army

• American Navy

Who was the 3rd president of the United States?

• a. George Washington

• b. Benjamin Franklin

• c. John Adams

• d. Thomas Jefferson

King George III is known for losing the British colonies in America.

• True

• False