US History Unit 2 Revolutionary War Quiz

The treaty that ended the American Revolution and made the United States an independent country

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of London

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Geneva

British soldiers open-fired on colonists who taunted them by throwing snowballs

• the Boston Massacre

• the Baltimore Massacre

• the Boston Tea Party

• the Baltimore Tea Party

Despite winning this battle, the British suffered nearly double the casualties as the Americans

• the Battle of Bunker Hill

• the Battle of Lexington

• the Battle of Cowpens

• the Battle of Yorktown

An American victory that inspired the French and Spanish to join the Revolutionary War on the side of the colonists

• the Battle of Quebec

• the Battle of Valley Forge

• the Battle of Philadelphia

• the Battle of Saratoga

As an act of protest, colonists dumped 340 chests of tea into a harbor

• the Colonial Tea Party

• the Protest Tea Party

• the Boston Tea Party

• the Baltimore Tea Party

A meeting of representatives from the colonies where they decided to stop trade with Great Britain and prepare for war

• First Colonial Congress

• First Continental Congress

• Second Colonial Congress

• Second Continental Congress

The Bestselling pamphlet published by Thomas Paine

• Common Sense

• The Federalist Papers

• Crisis

• A Letter from a Merchant in London

A meeting of representatives from the colonies that placed George Washington in charge of the Continental Army

• First Colonial Congress

• First Continental Congress

• Second Colonial Congress

• Second Continental Congress

Match the following term to its correct definition: Stamp Act

• A. An act that allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to buyers

• B. An act that placed a tax on all paper goods including newspapers and legal documents

• C. A series of acts that placed a tax on glass, paper, paints, paper and tea

• D. A series of acts implemented after the Boston Tea Party

Match the following term to its correct definition: Townshend Acts

• An act that allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to buyers

• An act that placed a tax on all paper goods including newspapers and legal documents

• A series of acts that placed a tax on glass, paper, paints and tea

• A series of acts implemented after the Boston Tea Party