Which of the following describes Loyalists?

They wanted to pay British taxes in the colonies

What was one effect of new British taxes on colonists?

outrages colonists protested teh new taxes

The term Intolerable Acts refers to

Acts, which Parliament passed to control the colonies

In what way did the Revolution affect other countries?

Other groups fought to overthrow aristocratic gov't

Which of the following resulted fron the First Continental Congress?

More colonists became politically active

The Declaration of Independence was written to

explain why colonists were angry with British rule

ceded more land than the colonists had won in the war

Fighting began in Lexington and Concord when British troops

came to arrest colonial leaders and take colonial weapons

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1
What did colonist do to oppose British taxes?
formed their own militia
staged hunger strikes
wrote defiant essays
traded only with France
2
Which of the following describes Loyalists?
They wanted to pay British taxes in the colonies
They wanted to return to Britain
They thought Patriots were too radical
They decided to fight against the British
3
The new Continental Army was commanded by
William Howe
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
4
The government of the American colonies was based on the government of
Great Britain
the North
France
Spain
5
What was one effect of new British taxes on colonists?
The British lessened other duties to balance the taxes
outrages colonists protested teh new taxes
colonists supported the taxes
More people in the colonies feared that war might break out
6
Like the govenment in each colony, the government of Britain had a
president
Congress
two-house legislature
governor
7
As a result of the Revolution, women in America
earned the right to own property
suffered abuse
gained respect
won suffrage
8
In which town were Patriots killed in the first battle of the American Revolution
Philadelphia
Boston
Lexington
Concord
9
Battles on the frontier took place mostly between
the British and Patriots
Native Americans and Patriots
the British and Loyalists
Native Americans and Loyalists
10
After the Revolution, the practice of enslaving African Americans was
encouraged in the North
restricted in the North and South
abolished in the South
eliminated in the North
11
The term Intolerable Acts refers to
tax on printed materials imposed on colonists
The collection of duties already in effect
Providing housing and supplies for the British troops
Acts, which Parliament passed to control the colonies
12
The Patriots began to hope they could win the war after the Battle of
the West
Philadelphia
New York
Saratoga
13
Which of the following groups led violent protests against British taxation in the colonies?
Daughter of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
Parliament
Virginia House of Burgesses
14
In what way did the Revolution affect other countries?
Foreign governments attempted to punish Patriot leaders
Other groups fought to overthrow aristocratic gov't
The practice of slavery spread throughout Europe
Countries tried to avoid the devastation of war
15
Loyalists believed that Patriots
should support British taxation
were breaking the law
should return to England
were too aristocratic
16
American colonists valued which British principle of government?
the tradition of a monarchy
the right to representation
the influence of an aristocratic class
the freedom to protest
17
Which of the following resulted fron the First Continental Congress?
Rioting destroyed shops and homes
More colonists became politically active
The colonies won independence from Britain
Parliament passed more taxes
18
hired soldiers who fought for pay
George Washington
Patriots
mercernaries
militia
19
The Declaration of Independence was written to
assert the colonies' desire to follow Parliament
explain why colonists were angry with British rule
encourage freedom and equality for slaves and women
support the British king but not Parliament
20
The Treaty of Paris
Gave all territory west of the Appalachians to France
confined the U.S. to pre-war boundaries
sold territory around the Great Lakes t o the U.S.
ceded more land than the colonists had won in the war
21
The Patriots received help from the French at the battle of
Concord & Lexington
Princeton
Yorktown
Trenton
22
Fighting began in Lexington and Concord when British troops
thought colonial soldiers had fired on them
captured Paul Revere
came to arrest colonial leaders and take colonial weapons
disbanded the Second Continental Congress

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