By July 1775, some colonists are still trying to keep Peace with Britain, they....

Draft the Olive Branch Petition

Because the Patriots only lost 400 men in the Battle of Bunker Hill....

They knew they could defeat theBritish

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1763-1776 The Roots of the American Revolution and the Beginnings of War with Britain

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1
Because Paul Revere actually got caught, it was this man that warned Concord of British coming.
Ethan Allen
Dr. Prescott
Samuel Adams
William Dawes
2
During the Boston Tea Party about this many crates of tea were tossed into the harbor....
340
430
280
530
3
The Daughters of Liberty urged women to....
Fight alongside men
Poison troops quartered in their homes
Support the Sons of Liberty
Weave more cloth
4
Who were the Hessian's?
Germans
Hired by the British to fight the colonists
Mercenaries
All of the Above
5
This was used to enter homes/businesses to search for smuggled goods...
Quartering Act
Writs of Assistance
Committees of Correspondence
Intolerable Acts
6
By July 1775, some colonists are still trying to keep Peace with Britain, they....
All of the Above
Agree to pay all taxes
Won't pay money to support the Continental Army
Draft the Olive Branch Petition
7
The Quartering Act was done to enforce....
The Boston Massacre
The Intolerable Acts
The Proclamation of 1763
The Townshend Acts
8
These became the first 2 battles of the American Revolution....
Lexington and Boston
Concord and Boston
Boston and New Hope
Lexington and Concord
9
What Act was depicted in the Maroon 5 parody we watched?
Tea Tax
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
10
The Declaration of Independence is based on the ideas of....
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
Patrick Henry
11
He was an influential delegate from Viriginia's House of Burgess', asking for war with Britain
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Ethan Allen
Thomas Jefferson
12
It was this group of colonists that prompted the start of the Boston Massacre...
Dockworkers
Merchants
Sailors
Lawyers
13
British Gen. Howe and 2,200 Redcoats take and win Bunker Hill with an injury or loss of....
1,400 men
400 men
200 men
1,000 men
14
Leader of the Green Mountain Boys and led the attack on Ft. Ticonderoga...
Paul Revere
John Adams
Ethan Allen
Samuel Adams
15
Writs of Assistance were included in this......
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Act
Quartering Act
16
This prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains....
Proclamation of 1763
Quartering Act
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
17
He wrote the Declaration of Independence....
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Ethan Allen
18
This place was the first to set up Committees of Correspondence....
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
19
Who organized the Massachusetts Committee of Safety ( the militia)....
Ethan Allen
Patrick Henry
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
20
This forced colonists to shelter, feed and supply British Troops....
Tea Act
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
21
Where was tea left to rot on the dock?
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Charleston
22
He was one of the messengers sent to warn of British troop movement looking for patriot arms..
Paul Revere
John Adams
Ethan Allen
Samuel Adams
23
After the Boston Tea Party, Britain did the following to punish the colonists...
All of the above
Closed the port of Boston
Banned town meeting in Masschusetts
None of the above
24
Because the Patriots only lost 400 men in the Battle of Bunker Hill....
They retreated to Concord
They knew they were doomed
They knew they could defeat theBritish
They regrouped and later re-took the Hill
25
How many colonists died in the Boston Massacre?
7
3
5
9
26
"Buy American" was phrase led by......
Common Sense
Daughters of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
Colonial merchants
27
He called for an official end to all political relations between the colonies and Britain?
John Hancock
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Richard Henry Lee
28
Who began the quote "No taxation without representation!"?
Merchants and doctors
Merchants and lawyers
Lawyers and doctors
Merchants and farmers
29
Which colony was the only one not to attend the 1st Continental Congress?
South Carolina
Rhode Island
Virginia
Georgia
30
These were the taxes put on colonists in 1767 on all imported goods...
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
31
This man was sent by the British to enforce the Intolerable Acts...
Gen. Washington
Gen. Wolfe
Gen. Ballard
Gen. Gage
32
These taxes were also known as the Coercive Acts....
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
33
The colonists thought this was a hidden meaning in the Quartering Act.....
To punish them
To make them pay for the use of soldiers
To recruit new troops
To restrict their movement
34
The most successful effort to oppose British taxes was....
Boycotts
Common Sense
Petitions
Vocal outrage
35
As the British troops made their way to Concord, they were met by a Patriot army of about...
1,000
3,000
4,000
2,000
36
The Stamp Act cost these people the most.....
Farmers
Blacksmiths
Doctors
Lawyers
37
Within 3 months, Common Sense sold over......
1,000 copies
100,000 copies
10,000 copies
1,000,000 copies
38
This was a tax on basically all paper items...
Sugar Act
Tea Tax
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
39
This group was a civilian militia ready to fight for the patriots at the call of war...
Patriots
Sons of Liberty
Minutemen
Loyalists
40
This Act gave Britain the ultimate control over the colonies...
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Townshend Acts
Declaratory Act
41
He was the lawyer who defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre...
John Adams
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
Ethan Allen
42
One of the first orders Washington gives is to invade.....
Boston
Quebec
Exeter
New York
43
The Stamp Act Congress was a precursor to ....
The 2nd Continental Congress
The 1st Continental Congress
Sons of Liberty
Committees of Correspondence
44
He died during the Boston Massacre....
Patrick Henry
Ethan Allen
Crispus Attucks
Samuel Adams
45
Because John Adams defended the British troops of the Boston Massacre, this happened...
He died
He became famous
He got death threats
He was a hero
46
"The Shot Heard 'Round the World" was fired at...
Boston
Breeds Hill
Lexington
Concord
47
He was King of England during the American Revolution....
Henry VIII
William IV
George III
James II
48
This means to surround the enemy in order to force surrender....
Minutemen
Siege
Militia
Speculate
49
The Townshend Acts replaced what other notorious act?
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
Intolerable Act
Stamp Act
50
This is another name for a tax....
Duties
Boycott
Speculation
Seige
51
This was done to protest the British tax on tea.....
The pamphlet Common Sense
Boston Tea Party
The raid on Ft. Ticonderoga
Boston Massacre
52
This became the American government during the Revolutionary War....
1st Continental Congress
2nd Continental Congress
Pennsylvania Senate
House of Burgesses
53
How many big guns did Gen. Henry Knox bring to Boston from Ft. Ticonderoga?
49
29
59
19
54
On April 19, 1775 the 1st battle of the Revolution took how Patriot lives?
81
18
180
8
55
Who did Washington choose to lead the first invasion to gather war supplies?
John Parker
Paul Revere
Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold
56
Did the Patriot siege of Boston work?
No
Yes
57
The Battle of Bunker Hill really took place .....
In the city of West Boston
At Boston Harbor
On Breeds Hill
On Bunker Hill
58
Gen. Gage wanted John and Samuel Adams to be tried for....
Treason
Insurrection
Conspiracy
Murder
59
The 2nd Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia in this month of 1775...
February
April
March
May
60
Ethan Allen's triumphs at Ft. Ticonderoga give the Patriots....
All of the Above
Heavy Artillery
Ammunition
Control of the Fort
61
What drove the colonists to declare independence from Britain?
Prohibition of westward expansion
British interference in colonial affairs
All of the above
British taxes to recoup costs from the F & I War
62
The American Revolution inspired similar events in....
Caribbean
All of the Above
South America
Europe
63
At the 1st Continental Congress the delegates agreed to:
Create a colonial militia
All of the Above
Boycott all British goods
None of the Above
64
The 2nd Continental Congress creates the Continental Army with this man in charge...
Aaron Burr
Patrick Henry
George Washington
John Hancock
65
This group is also known as Tories...
Loyalists
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
Patriots
66
The boycott to repeal the Townshend Acts worked for everyhing but this...
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
Tea tax
Stamp Act
67
Sons of Liberty often used threats or physical force to get these officials to quit their job..
Loyalists
Customs officers
Governors
Soldiers
68
Which is a reason the colonists disliked the British imposing taxes on them?
Colonists hated the British King
British had not taxed them in the past
Only colonists could tax themselves
Colonists considered themselves English
69
This means to buy as an investment...
Speculate
Artillery
Boycott
Militia
70
He wrote Common Sense...
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
Ethan Allen
71
The Tea Act gave exclusive rights to sell tea to....
British merchants
Dutch merchants
Colonial merchants
East India Company
72
Which of the following came from Common Sense?
All of the above
Divine Right Rule is Wrong
All monarchies are corrupt
All men can vote
73
This was enacted by the colonists as a reaction to the Intolerable Acts...
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
1st Continental Congress
2nd Continental Congress
74
This group was organized to spread news of British policies/American resistance....
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty
Committees of Correspondence
Writs of Asstance
75
The colonists argued that Writs of Assistance violated this man's theories of freedom/liberty..
Paine
Henry
Jefferson
Locke
76
How many colonies sent delegates to the Stamp Act Congress?
10
9
11
13
77
Which ports denied British tea ships from even docking?
New York and Philadelphia
New York and Baltimore
Boston and Philadelphia
Boston and New York
78
He was the leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty
John Adams
Paul Revere
Ethan Allen
Samuel Adams
79
After Lexington and Concord, the British retreat to Boston and the Patriots....
Give up
Move to close the harbor
Take a siege position in the hills
Consolidate in New York City
80
The 1st Continental Congress met in September of 1774 in....
Philadelphia
Boston
Richmond
New York

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