American Revolution

Question 1

What law said the colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763

Question 2

What battle ended the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Yorktown

Question 3

What song was used by and against the American troops during the American Revolution? (5.20A)

Accepted Answer

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Question 4

What British law angered colonists because it allowed British soldiers to live in their homes? (5.2A)

Accepted Answer

The Quartering Act

Question 5

What is one of our nation’s founding documents that states our government will be based on freedom and equality?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 6

What is one thing taxes help pay for?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 7

Where did the Quartering Act of 1765 allow British soldiers to live while they were in the British colonies?

Accepted Answer

In colonists' homes

Question 8

What did the colonists do in response to the Tea Act of 1773?

Accepted Answer

Boston Tea Party

Question 9

What document convinced many colonists that they should not be ruled by Britain?

Accepted Answer

Common Sense

Question 10

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 11

The Tea Act caused what event?

Accepted Answer

Boston Tea Party

Question 12

What did John Adams and Benjamin Franklin help Thomas Jefferson do? (5.2B)

Accepted Answer

Write the Declaration of Independence

Question 13

What was the response by the British government to the Boston Tea Party?

Accepted Answer

The Intolerable Acts

Question 14

Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 15

What country helped the Americans defeat the English?

Accepted Answer

France

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