American Revolution Test

Why were the American Colonists taxed after the French and Indian War?

• Britain was in debt and needed money
• That was the agreement with the Native Americans
• They made too much money
• Townshend Acts

Written by Thomas Paine, this pamphlet sold 500,000 copies and helped sway colonists towards independence

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• 2 Treatise of Government
• Common Sense

This often violent secret society formed by Boston patriots stirred a protest movement to upset British policies.

• Sons of Anarchy
• The Secret Loyalists
• Sons of Liberty
• The Continentals

The Proclamation in 1763 made colonists angry because

• It blocked them from moving east
• It blocked them from moving west
• It blocked them from free trade
• It blocked them from setting their own taxes

The man responsible for writing most of the Declaration of Independence was,

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington

This was a colonist who resisted British rule.

• redcoat
• loyalist
• neutral
• patriot

This person was a colonist who supported the King.

• Patriot
• Khan
• Loyalist
• Minuteman

These were colonists who could prepare to fight in a very short period of time.

• Redcoats
• Lobster backs
• Minutemen
• Loyalists

Who commanded the Continental Army?

• Henry Knox
• John Hancock
• Benedict Arnold
• George Washington

Which battle started the American Revolution?

• Battle of Yorktown
• Trenton and Princeton
• Saratoga
• Lexington and Concord