American Revolution Quiz

What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?

• To declare American Indian land rights

• To tax printed paper

• To provide housing for British troops

• To punish colonists after the Boston Tea Party

Who was Thomas Paine?

• An American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer

• A member of the British Parliament

• A leader of the Sons of Liberty

• A British governor

What was the outcome of the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The end of the Revolutionary War

• A British retreat to Boston

• A British victory

What did the Proclamation of 1763 declare?

• A tax on tea

• American Indians could have land west of the Appalachian Mountains

• The start of the French and Indian War

• The repeal of the Stamp Act

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• An official public announcement by the British

• The first battle of the American Revolution

• A protest where colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor

• A meeting of delegates from 12 colonies

What was the purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?

• To spread news and protest against the British

• To declare American Indian land rights

• To provide housing for British troops

• To tax printed paper

Who were the Minutemen?

• A group of colonists who opposed British policies

• Delegates at the First Continental Congress

• Members of a militia ready to fight in sixty seconds

• British soldiers

What was the Boston Massacre?

• A meeting of delegates from 12 colonies

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The first bloodshed of the American Revolution

• A protest against the Stamp Act

What did the Intolerable Acts do?

• Declared American Indian land rights

• Started the French and Indian War

• Repealed the Stamp Act

• Punished the colonists after the Boston Tea Party

What was the role of the Sons of Liberty?

• To provide housing for British troops

• To oppose British policies

• To tax printed paper

• To support British policies