Unit 1 Chapter 1 Test. Bayou Bridges. 3rd

Which event in 1773 led to the Intolerable Acts?

• Battle of Trenton

• Boston Tea Party

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• First Continental Congress

Which statement best explains a reason why parliament passed the Stamp Act?

• to repay debt from the French and Indian War

• to lower the cost of sending letters

• to encourage the Declaration of Independence

• to raise the cost of sending letters

Why did American colonists decide to throw the tea overboard?

• They did not like British tea

• They were angry about taxes

• They thought the boxes held weapons

• They watned to punish British ship captains.

How did Parliament respond to the actions at the Boston Tea Party?

• It increased taxes on British tea

• It agreed to some of the colonists' demands

• It passed laws that punished the people of Boston

• It fired British ship captains for losing British property

What is the main way George Washington helped the Revolution?

• He led the Continental Army

• He founded Washington, D.C.

• He fought at the Battles of Lexington and Concord

• He wrote the Declaration of Independence

Why is July 4 celebrated?

• It is the day that Thomas Paine published Common Sense

• It is the day that the British surrendered to the Continental Army

• it is the day that the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia

• It is the day that the colonies adopted a declaration of independence from Britian

After which battle shown on the map did the American colonies form an alliance with France?

• Trenton

• Concord

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

During which battle did the British surrender and end the war?

• Boston

• Yorktown

• Philadelphia

• Lexington

What do the stripes of the American flag represent?

• each of the thirteen original colonies

• the lives lost during the American Revolution

• the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence

• the United States' former relationship with Great Britian

According to the Declaration of Independence, what THREE rights does every person have?

CHOOSE THREE ANSWERS

• life

• peace

• liberty

• money

• pursuit of happiness