Quiz on American Revolution

Study the diagram. Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• The colonists boycotted British goods.

• The colonists destroyed shipments of tea.

• The colonists were taxed to pay the war debt.

• The colonists declared independence from Great Britain.

Read the list of acts passed by Parliament: Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act. These laws led to the American Revolution because they _____.

• violated the rights of colonists

• fined colonists for breaking the law

• limited colonial expansion westward

• restricted colonial trade with the French

Study the timeline. Why did the British Parliament pass these laws?

• to pay colonists who boarded soldiers

• to purchase land in America from Spain

• to build new trading ships for the colonies

• to repay debts from the war against France

The Sons of Liberty carried out the Boston Tea Party because of:

• High taxes on tea

• Lack of representation in Parliament

• Desire for independence

• British military presence

Study the engraving. Paul Revere created this engraving most likely to ________.

• provoke anger against British soldiers

• depict the Boston Massacre accurately

• honor those who died during the fighting

• encourage colonists to follow British laws

Study the engraving. What did this event represent to many colonists?

• support for loyalty to Great Britain

• opposition to unfair laws and taxes

• resistance against foreign merchants

• desire for trade with American Indians

List the events in chronological order.

• Event A, Event B, Event C

• Event C, Event B, Event A

• Event B, Event A, Event C

• Event A, Event C, Event B

The Sons of Liberty were responsible for organizing which of the following events?

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• French and Indian War

• First Continental Congress

What did this image represent to many American colonists?

• the realities of the war

• the need for colonial unity

• the threat of British invasion

• the desire to expand westward

How did Thomas Paine view the British king, according to this passage?

• as a tyrant

• as an exporter

• as kind and wise

• as a weak leader