American Revolutionary War Quiz

This war, which preceded the Revolutionary War, caused the British to start taxing the colonies?

• The French & Indian War

• The War of 1812

• The Civil War

• The Spanish-American War

This final series of British acts, closing Boston Harbor and town assemblies, was the 'last straw'?

• The Coercive or Intolerable Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Sugar Act

• The Townshend Acts

What is a forcible overthrow of the government in favor of a new one called?

• A Revolution

• A Rebellion

• A Coup

• An Insurrection

This group with members like Samuel Adams and John Hancock began organizing demonstrations and printing articles against the British?

• The Sons of Liberty

• The Daughters of the American Revolution

• The Loyalists

• The Redcoats

Paul Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre was an example of propaganda. What is propaganda?

• Biased information or images to invoke feelings

• A truthful account of events

• A historical document

• A government report

Colonies created these groups who distributed petitions and writings with complaints about the British?

• Committees of Correspondence

• Sons of Liberty

• Continental Congresses

• Loyalist Societies

These 'national' gatherings met in Philadelphia with delegates from the colonies to coordinate efforts against the British?

• The Continental Congresses

• The Constitutional Conventions

• The Town Meetings

• The British Parliaments

It is called a (a)   when you refuse to purchase goods from another country.

• A boycott
• An embargo
• A tariff
• A sanction

These are groups of citizen soldiers?

• Militias

• Regulars

• Mercenaries

• Redcoats

British soldiers marched to these two towns to confiscate the rebels' ammunition? This is considered the start of the Revolutionary War.

• Lexington & Concord

• Boston & Salem

• Yorktown & Jamestown

• Philadelphia & Trenton