American Revolution Crash Course Video and questions

What major war, ending in 1763, led to Great Britain accumulating significant debt and seeking to tax its American colonies?

• The French and Indian War

• The War of 1812

• The American Civil War

• The Revolutionary War

Why did American colonists primarily object to the Stamp Act of 1765?

• They believed the tax was too high.

• They had no direct representation in the British Parliament that levied the tax.

• They preferred to pay taxes on tea instead.

• They wanted to print their own stamps.

In addition to new taxes, what other action by the British government after the Seven Years' War caused resentment among the American colonists?

• The British government encouraged colonists to move west.

• The British government kept a large number of troops in the colonies.

• The British government banned the sale of certain goods.

• The British government forced colonists to join the British army.

What was the British government's initial response to the widespread colonial protests against the Stamp Act?

• They sent more troops to enforce the act.

• They repealed the Stamp Act.

• They arrested the protest leaders.

• They offered colonists representation in Parliament.

After repealing the Stamp Act, what new set of taxes did the British Parliament impose on the American colonies?

• The Sugar Act

• The Tea Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Quartering Act

What significant event occurred in Boston in 1770, where British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Battle of Lexington

• The Boston Massacre

• The Stamp Act Riots

What act of defiance in 1773 involved American colonists disguised as Native Americans destroying a valuable British commodity in Boston Harbor?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Burning of the Gaspee

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• The Tarring and Feathering of Loyalists

What organizations did American colonists form to spread information and enforce boycotts against British goods, effectively acting as shadow governments?

• Sons of Liberty

• Committees of Correspondence

• Continental Congress

• Colonial Militias

What was a truly revolutionary outcome of the American Revolution?

• It established a powerful monarchy.

• It replaced an imperial monarchy with a non-monarchical government.

• It led to the immediate abolition of slavery.

• It ensured all citizens had equal voting rights.

Which philosophical movement heavily influenced the revolutionary zeal of the American Revolution, particularly the idea of liberty?

• The Renaissance

• The Scientific Revolution

• The Enlightenment

• The Industrial Revolution