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1
What was another name for the Coercive Acts?
Stamp Acts
Tea Acts
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
2
In 1765, Parliament passed the ____, taxing every type of printed paper.
Paper Act
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Tea Acts
3
The ___ was the event that led directly to the Intolerable Acts.
Boston Tea Party
Battle of Lexington
Boston Massacre
passage of the Stamp Act
4
____ spoke to Parliament against the Stamp Act.
Benedict Arnold
Nathan Hale
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
5
____ helped win the Battle of Saratoga but later deserted to the enemy.
Samuel Prescott
von Stueben
Paul Revere
Benedict Arnold
6
Which of these men fought on the side of the British during the French and Indian War?
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
James Otis
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Some people who resisted the Stamp Act by boycotting British goods called themselves the ____.
militiamen
Redcoats
The Sons of Liberty
Minutemen
8
Which organization formed a Continental Army and sent the Olive Branch Petition to the King?
Albany Congress
First Continental Congress
Committees of Correspondence
Second Continental Congress
9
What did France contribute to the war?
money, supplies, and troops to fight the British
support for the British victory
nothing
the Treaty of Paris
10
____ commanded the Continental Army.
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Lafayette
von Stueben
11
Why was it hard for the Patriots to pay for the war?
Other countries did not want to trade with them.
They did not have their own currency.
Prices kept going up, and the Continental currency kept losing value.
They could not get any loans.
12
The Townshend Acts
taxed glass, paint, and tea.
taxed newspapers.
repealed taxes on molasses and sugar.
taxed molasses and sugar.
13
____ defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.
Nathan Hale
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Paul Revere
14
_____ gained valuable military experience in the French and Indian War.
John Paul Jones
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Adams
George Washington
15
Which of the following happened first?
First Continental Congress
Committees of Correspondence
Albany Congress
Second Continental Congress
16
What was the outcome of the battle of New York City?
The Patriots won easily.
The British forced Washington to retreat.
Washington forced Cornwallis to retreat.
The French helped the Patriots.
17
Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, and Phillis Wheatley supported the Revolution
by visiting the troops.
by writing editorials.
by fighting along with the troops.
by writing poems, plays, or letters.
18
____ drilled and trained the American army at Valley Forge.
Benedict Arnold
von Stueben
Lafayette
Washington
19
The first shot of the Revolution was fired at the Battle of _____.
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Saratoga
Trenton
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Which organization was formed to communicate news throughout the colonies?
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
Albany Congress
Committees of Correspondence
21
____ was an African American man killed in the Boston Massacre.
John Hancock
Sam Adams
Crispus Attucks
Paul Revere
22
The main author of the Declaration of Independence was _____.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Paine
23
Which of the following was the great hero for the American navy?
Lafayette
John Burgoyne
John Paul Jones
Benedict Arnold
24
Who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death"?
Patrick Henry
James Otis
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
25
The Battle of ____ was actually fought at Breed's Hill.
Bunker Hill
Lexington
Yorktown
Concord
26
The colonists sent ambassadors
to buy more land.
to negotiate peace.
to gain support for the war.
to train their troops.
27
Washington won his first victory at ___.
Princeton
Yorktown
Trenton
Saratoga
28
Who said, "Taxation without representation is tyranny"?
Benjamin Franklin
King George III
James Otis
George Washington
29
The woman who fought in the Continental army and dressed in men's clothing was ____.
Deborah Sampson
Molly Pitcher
Mary Hayes
Abigail Adams
30
Which of these was not a key idea of the Declaration of Independence?
Governments should be led by a king.
Government gets its power from the people.
People can get rid of a government that does not protect their rights.
Government exists to protect the rights of the people.
31
During the war people hoarded goods because they thought
they could then trade with the French.
the British would take the goods.
prices would keep rising.
it was patriotic to do this.
32
____ rode all night to warn the people of Lexington and Concord that the redcoats were coming.
Samuel Prescott
Dr. Warren
Paul Revere
Nathan Hale
33
The First Continental Congress issued ____ stating that colonists were entitled to the rights of Englishmen.
The Constitution
The Tea Act
The Declaration of Rights
The Declaration of Independence
34
____ convinced many of its readers that America should break away from its readers.
Poor Richard's Almanac
The Declaration of Independence
The French and Indian War
Common Sense
35
Philadelphia was chosen as the location of the First Continental Congress because
it was centrally located.
the militia was based there.
most of the delegates lived there.
it was close to Boston.
36
The Declaration of Independence explained why the colonists wanted freedom and
described how the new government would be set up.
gave them a reason to fight for independence.
named George Washington commander of the Continental Army.
established the Third Continental Congress.
37
Mary Ludwig Hays supported the Revolution
by writing letters to soldiers.
by helping wounded soldiers.
by attending to her family's business during the war.
by firing cannons during battle.
38
The Battle of Saratoga was important because
the Hessians fought here.
the British took New England.
it showed that the United States had a chance to win the war.
General Washington was in charge.
39
What happened as a result of the Stamp Act Congress?
Parliament repealed the Stamp Act
Colonists could boycott goods.
Parliament passed the Stamp Act
Colonists could buy stamps.
40
A territorial dispute between the British and the French over land along the Ohio River Valley resulted in the ______.
The American Revolution
The French and Indian War
The Battle of Saratoga
The Boston Tea Party
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The purpose of the ____ was to spread news about the British actions throughout the colonies.
Minutemen
Continental Army
Committee of Correspondence
alliance with France
