The American Revolution

Question 1

What act withheld a tax on tea from the British East India Company?

Accepted Answer

Tea Act

Question 2

What event was a rallying cry for colonies against British, as5 colonists werekilled in Boston?

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson drew upon the ideas of which Enlightenment philosopher in the D of I?

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 4

What document officially ended the Revolutionary War and set the new borders for the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris

Question 5

What series of acts of British Parliament taxed glass, lead, paint, tea, and paper?

Accepted Answer

Townshend Acts

Question 6

Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 7

What document was sent by the colonists to the King in order to seek peace with Great Britain?

Accepted Answer

Olive Branch Petition

Question 8

What was the name of the United States' first constitution?

Accepted Answer

Articles of Confederation

Question 9

What group was the leading resistance force in the colonies against British, led by S. Adams?

Accepted Answer

Sons of Liberty

Question 10

What act of Parliament taxed the production of paper documents with an official stamp?

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 11

What act of Parliament allowed for Redcoats to be housed in the homes and inns of colonists?

Accepted Answer

The Quartering Act

Question 12

What was the nickname given to British troops, due to the color of their uniforms?

Accepted Answer

Redcoats

Question 13

Which document declared the colonies' independence from Great Britain?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 14

What was the Articles of Confederation attempting to accomplish?

Accepted Answer

Decentralize the national government

Question 15

What document declared was the first act of unity among the colonists?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Rights and Grievances

Question 16

What delegate from Pennsylvania strongly opposed independence at the 2nd Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

John Dickinson

Question 17

What book written by Thomas Paine convinced many to favor independence?

Accepted Answer

Common Sense

Question 18

What were the first two battles fought in the American Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

Lexington and Concord

Question 19

What delegate first proposed the idea of independence at the 2nd Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

Richard Henry Lee

Question 20

What acts shut down the Boston harbor and placed Boston under martial law?

Accepted Answer

Intolerable Acts

Question 21

What was the group of militiamen known for their ability to be ready for action in a moment?

Accepted Answer

Minutemen

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