American Revolution

In the 1770s, England made the American colonies pay many taxes. Some of these taxes were the sugar act, stamp act, and the tea act. What did the colonists do because of these taxes?

• The colonists started taxing British goods.

• The colonists decided to trade only with France.

• The colonists voted for a new king. 

• The colonists boycotted the taxes and held many protests. 

The ________________ was a meeting of leaders from the colonies to discuss problems with England in 1774. 

• The First Continental Congress

• The Boston Tea Party 

• The Second Continental Congress 

• Town Hall Meeting 

The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and threw boxes of tea from a ship into the harbor during the _____________. 

• Congressional Meeting 

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• The Second Continental Congress

In 1773, the King imposed a new tax on the colonists favorite drink. This was the ______________________.

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Boston Tea Party

What important document was a result of the Second Continental Congress? 

• The Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• The Constitution 

• The ten commandents

The battle of Saratoga was a key victory for the Americans because it

• brought British an offer  of recognition

• brought colonist aid and alliance with France

• prevented fighting from spreading North

• prevented a colonial captain from being captured.

____________ is known as a camp with a bitterly cold winter where troops had to survive a small pox epidemic and finally began formal training.

• Valley Forge

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• Bunker Hill

One of the main purposes of the Declaration of Independence was to -

• detail the many grievances the colonists had against the king

• create a new colonial government

• explain why the colonists ignored the Proclamation of 1763

• outline the future of the country

After colonist threw rocks, sticks and snowballs at British forces, this event happened leading to tense relations between the British military and colonists.

• firing on Lexington and Concord

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Battle at Bunker Hill

What name was given to colonists who favored independence?

• Loyalists

• Mercenaries

• Lobsterbacks

• Patriots