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Causes of the American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
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What are the natural rights laid out in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Death, Oppression, and the Pursuit of Sadness
The end of slavery
Freedom of speech
2
Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?
Lexington and Concord
Snobby Shores
Philadelphia
Boston
3
What does 'taxation without representation' mean?
The colonists wanted to be taxed
Having to pay taxes without representation in government
The British wanted to tax their own people
The colonists wanted to tax the British
4
The Colonists response to the Intolerable Acts was to meet in Philadelphia at a meeting called?
2nd Continental Congress
Boston Meeting
1st Continental Congress
Philadelphia Congressional Meet
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Started the Boston Tea Party, present at the 1st Continental Congress
John Adams
John Hancock
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
John Jefferson
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What was the main point of Thomas Paine's Common Sense?
To turn all colonists into loyalists
Colonists are better off without Britain
Colonists have no common sense at all
To inform Colonists about important tips and tricks
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Who warned the colonists that the British were coming to Concord?
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Revere
Benjamin Franklin
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When a mob gathers to cause destruction, that is a...
Riot
Petition
Boycott
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The Proclamation of 1763 stated colonists could not go west of.....
The Susquehanna River
The Appalachian Mountains
The Mississippi River
The Pacific Ocean
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In order to pay for the French and Indian War, the British enacted the....
Sugar and Stamp Acts
Boston Tea Party
The Tolerable Acts
1st Continental Congress
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Paul Revere
No one knows
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
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Why are Loyalists afraid to rebel against Britain?
All are correct
They don't think the colonies can survive without them
They buy our raw materials
They value their protection
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Quoted saying "Give me Liberty or Give Me Death"
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Sam Adams
Patrick Henry
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Which groups were not included in the Declaration of Independence?
All of these are correct
Native Americans
Women
Slaves
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When people refuse to buy certain products, that is a.....
Riot
Boycott
Petition
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What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To declare the colonies are free from Britain
To show Canada they could not invade us
To declare they were very happy with how things were going
To win a bet they had with China
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The Quartering Act stated....
Colonists could no longer drink any tea
British troops were to leave the colonists alone
British soldiers could live in the homes of the colonists
Quarters were now officially worth 25 cents
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Present at the 1st Continental Congress, defended the British soldiers from the Boston Massacre
Samuel Prescott
John Adams
George Washington
William Hayes
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When people sign a document explaining what they want, that is a...
Riot
Boycott
Petition
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The event where British soldiers shot unarmed colonists is known as...
The British Massacre
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
Shot heard round the world
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"No taxation without representation" means....
Colonists encouraged the taxes
Colonists wanted a paper copy of their taxes
No taxes unless the colonists all got cookies
No taxes without having the write to vote
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The company given a monopoly on tea going to the colonies was called...
British East India Trading Company
Pure Leaf Iced Tea
French Tea Company
Colonist Tea United Company
23
Who wrote Common Sense?
Renegade Raider
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Thomas Paine
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The Intolerable Acts...
closed the Boston Harbor
stopped all town meetings
all of these are correct
strengthened the Quartering Act
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Participated in the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the 1st Continental Congress
Henry James
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
Ben Franklin
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The colonists response to the Tea Act was...
They drank all of the tea
Quartering Act
Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
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Present at 1st Continental Congress, wrote about the Boston Massacre
John Hancock
Patrick Henry
Sam Adams
John Adams
