The Americn Revolution

Who were the Daughters of Liberty, and how did they affect the American Revolution?

• They were women wh took jobs in factories after most of the men joned the Continental Army.

• They were women who boycotted British goods and made the goods they needed at home instead.

• They were the women who remained loyal to Great Britain throughout the entire war.

• They were wives of American soliders who followed their husbands onto the battlefield.

Which event happened AFTER the colonists protested the Tea Act with the Boston Tea Party?

• Great Britain's Parliament closed the Boston Harbor, sent more soliders to the colonies, and forced the colonists to house the soldiers in their homes.

• Great Britain's Parliament ordered troops to leave the 13 colonies.

• Great Britain's Parliament issues the Proclomation of 1763 which did not allow colonists to move west of the Appalachain Mountains.

• Great Britain's Parliament stopped allowing colonists to trade with Native Americans.

Which of the following BEST explains what the colonists meant by the phrase, "No taxation without representation?"

• Colonists only wanted to be taxed on paper and tea.

• Colonists only wanted to be taxed on sugar.

• Colonists did not like being taxed without having a representative in the British government.

• Colonists did not like being taxed without being able to move west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Why do you think that John Adams and Samuel Adams formed the "Sons of Liberty"?

• They wanted to make their own clothes instead of buying from Great Britain.

• They wanted to drink their own Liberty Tea.

• They wanted to be free from British rule by writing the Declaration of Independence.

• They wanted to protest the Stamp Act after the French and Indian War.

This battle started the American Revolution.

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Charleston

• Battle of Yorktown

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted (signed) by the Continental Congress?

• Two weeks after Thomas Jefferson wrote it

• July 4, 1776

• July of 1812

• The year of 1885

A Boston resident said, "I couldn't believe that they just started firing their guns at us. We were only throwing snowballs." What event is being described?

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

"Once we started throwing the tea off the boat, we knew we had started something that would get a big reaction out of King George III". What event is being described?

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

Great Britain won the French and Indian War, but it was an expensive war. What happened as a result of this war?

• The Boston Massacre is reported in newspapers.

• The Stamp Act was passed by Great Britain.

• Colonists boycotted Britisih tea with the Boston Tea Party.

• Colonists arm themselves to fight the British.

In what city was the Declaration of Independence written?

• Washington, D.C.

• New York, New York

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Boston, Massachusetts