Ch. 3: Revolutionary Era Test

Multiple Choice (1pnt): 1.What did the Townshend Acts of 1767 put a tax on?

• It put a tax on just tea.
• It closed Boston Harbor.
• Taxes on paint, lead, glass, tea, and paper
• Taxes on molasses and sugar

2. What did the Quartering Act do to the colonists?

• It put a tax on tea
• Put a tax on paper items
• Closed Boston Harbor
• Forced colonists to house British soldiers.

3. What is propaganda?

• Non-biased information that promotes no side.
• Biased information to promote a cause or political side.
• A refusal to obey laws that one considers unjust.
• A violent way to refuse to obey laws someone considers unjust.

4. What did the Intolerable Acts do to Boston?

• It put a tax on tea
• Put a tax on paper items
• Closed Boston Harbor until tea was paid for
• Forced colonists to house British soldiers.

5. Why did the British decide to send British troops to Concord in April 1775?

• To seize weapons.
• To fight a militia in Concord.
• To listen to colonists grievances.
• To investigate who fired the first shot of the war

6. What happens in Concord on April 19, 1775?

• 300 Minutemen + use of local geography + sharpshooters = British retreat.
• 400 British + use of maps + sharpshooters= Patriot retreat.
• 1000 minutemen + use of the sea + sailors = Patriot retreat.
• 300 minutemen + use of geography + ships = British retreat.

7. Why does Colonel Prescott lead 1200 men up Battle of Bunker Hill on June 16, 1775?

• For an escape route
• To have the low field advantage
• To have the high field advantage
• To capture and take Boston

8. What arrives for Washington in January of 1776 while around Boston?

• The French with their navy
• The Native American allies
• A much needed American navy
• Supplies from Ticonderoga

9. What was the pamphlet Common Sense argue about? Who wrote it?

• Thomas Paine; America was independent from Great Britain.
• Thomas Paine; Citizens should be able to create their own laws
• Thomas Jefferson; Monarchy should always create laws for citizens.
• Thomas Jefferson; Colonists had rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

10. To whom did the British leave Trenton, New Jersey to in December 1776?

• Italians
• Dutch
• Spanish
• Hessians