American Revolutionary War Quiz

In response to colonial protests, Britain passed THIS series of laws designed to punish the colonies, taking away their power of self-government:

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Coercive or Intolerable Acts

Political authority that directed the boycott of British goods if the Intolerable Acts were not repealed.

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Articles of Confederation

• Committees of Correspondence

The Battles of ____________________ and __________________ sparked the Revolutionary War.

• Lexington; Concord

• Concord; Bunker's Hill

• Lexington; Saratoga

• Concord; Camden

This was a tax on printed materials in the 13 Colonies.

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Townshend Act

Finish this American Colonist Motto, "No Taxation without..."

(a)  

Why were the American Colonist 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

This type of American Colonist was in support of the British parliament.

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Yes man

• Neutral

Who was the first choice to command the Continental Army?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington

Colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Proclamation line of 1763

• Proclamation boundary

• Manifest Destiny

• Borderlands

What did the Quartering Act do?

• To allow troops to stay in your home and provide then with food

• Hitting someone with a quarter

• To give someone a quarter

• Giving a quarter of your earnings to Britain