American Revolution Quiz

Why did Britain need money after the French and Indian War?

• To buy more land in America

• To pay off the debt from the war

• To build new forts

• To pay for more tea

What did Britain do to raise money from the colonies?

• Asked for donations

• Raised taxes

• Sold land to the colonists

• Took goods without payment

What was the Stamp Act?

• A law that taxed tea

• A tax on printed goods

• A law that closed the Boston Harbor

• A law that banned taxes altogether

How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act?

• They were happy to pay the tax

• They ignored it and paid the tax anyway

• They were angry and refused to pay the tax

• They asked for more taxes

What was the main reason the colonists were angry about taxes like the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts?

• They didn’t want to help pay for the war

• They didn’t have anyone to represent them in Parliament

• They didn’t like the British soldiers

• They wanted to start their own taxes

What did the British do after the Boston Tea Party?

• They sent the army to help the colonists

• They passed the Intolerable Acts

• They made peace with the colonists

• They lowered the taxes

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

• Colonists protested by throwing tea into Boston Harbor

• British soldiers arrived to arrest the colonists

• Colonists made their own tea

• The British canceled all taxes

The Townshend Acts placed a tax on imported goods.

• True

• False

The Intolerable Acts closed the Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the tea that was thrown overboard.

• True

• False

Paul Revere rode to warn the colonists about the British soldiers’ march to Concord.

• True

• False