Causes of the American Revolution

Question 1

Washington led a surprise attack on the Hessians by crossing the Delaware at the Battle of ___.

Accepted Answer

Trenton

Question 2

The control of an area by military forces

Accepted Answer

martial law

Question 3

Document written by Thomas Jefferson that gave reasons for breaking ties with Great Britain.

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 4

Trapped between the Americans and the French fleet, the final defeat of the British came at...

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 5

A military force made up of ordinary citizens.

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militia

Question 6

All of the following were colonial responses to the Stamp Act EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Dumped tea into the Boston Harbor in protest

Question 7

11,000 Americans soldiers suffered through a difficult winter at:

Accepted Answer

Valley Forge

Question 8

The Intolerable Acts resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Colonists were drafted into the British Army

Question 9

Protest in which an entire shipment from the East India Company was destroyed.

Accepted Answer

Boston Tea Party

Question 10

Common Sense was a pamphlet written by _____ that advocated independence from Britain.

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 11

The first armed conflict between the British and Americans occurred at _____.

Accepted Answer

Lexington

Question 12

Act that asserted Britain's authority to make any laws regarding colonies in the future

Accepted Answer

Declaratory Act

Question 13

This act eliminated the import tax on tea going into the colonies.

Accepted Answer

Tea Act

Question 14

The turning point battle in upstate New York that gained the Americans support of the French:

Accepted Answer

Saratoga

Question 15

Taxed legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, etc.; even taxed dice and playing cards

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 16

In order to gain weapons and naval support, the Americans sought an alliance with _____.

Accepted Answer

France

Question 17

To withdraw formally or officially; to take away.

Accepted Answer

repeal

Question 18

The Stamp Act upset the colonists because of all the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

it was used to pay for King George's new palace

Question 19

A form of communication designed to sway public opinion toward some cause or opinion.

Accepted Answer

propaganda

Question 20

To stop buying or using products as a form of protest.

Accepted Answer

boycott

Question 21

The French & Indian War led to the American revolution because...

Accepted Answer

the colonists resented being taxed by Brits to pay war debt.

Question 22

The 1783 Treaty of Paris resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Superior navy

Question 23

All of the following were examples of colonial unity EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

Parliament

Question 24

Which of the following was the main reason for Colonial victory in the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

Improved training and foreign assistance., Better leadership

Question 25

Resistance group led by Samuel Adams and John Hancock.

Accepted Answer

Sons of Liberty

Question 26

Letter to King George III from Continental Congress that attempted to make peace with Britain

Accepted Answer

Olive Branch Petition

Question 27

Who was the leader of American military forces during the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 28

Paul Revere's engraving of this event engraving is considered colonial propaganda.

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre

Question 29

German soldiers hired by the British to help fill shortages in their army were known as...

Accepted Answer

Hessians

Causes of the American Revolution

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Causes of the American Revolution

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