The American Revolution

What was the expensive conflict from 1756 to 1763 that led to new and unpopular taxes in the colonies?

• The American Civil War

• The French and Indian War

• The War of 1812

• The Revolutionary War

Which act required a tax stamp to be printed on all legal documents and publications?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

What was the purpose of the Sugar Act?

• To tax tea imported from Britain

• To end the smuggling of sugar in the colonies

• To provide funds for the British army

• To establish new colonies

Which acts initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea to help pay the expenses of governing the American colonies?

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of Paris

What was the result of the act that reduced the tax on imported British tea?

• It led to the Boston Massacre

• It gave British merchants an unfair advantage

• It ended the American Revolution

• It was welcomed by American colonists

What event in 1773 involved colonists protesting British taxation by dumping tea into the harbor?

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Stamp Act Congress

What was the British government's response to the Boston Tea Party?

• They repealed the Tea Act

• They closed Boston Harbor

• They reduced military presence

• They granted independence

What is referred to as the 'shot heard 'round the world'?

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• The start of the American Revolution

• The Boston Massacre

Which document, written by Thomas Jefferson, was adopted on July 4 by the Second Continental Congress?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Federalist Papers

Which battle marked the symbolic final battle in the war for independence, leading to the surrender of British General Cornwallis?

• The Battle of Saratoga

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The Battle of Lexington

• The Battle of Bunker Hill