Causes of the American Revolution

Question 1

What land did King George III proclaim to be off limits in 1763?

Accepted Answer

Area West of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 2

This was the first causality in the American Revolution

Accepted Answer

Crispus Attucks

Question 3

This tax was passed to lower taxes on molasses, and to stifle smuggling.

Accepted Answer

Sugar Act

Question 4

Who proposed the resolution for Independence?

Accepted Answer

Richard Henry Lee

Question 5

General Gage ordered 700 British Troops to seize what from the Colonists?

Accepted Answer

Guns and ammunition

Question 6

The amount of money in 2016 US Dollars that the Boston Tea Party cost....

Accepted Answer

1.7 Million

Question 7

In 1763, Great Britain had just won what war?

Accepted Answer

French and Indian War

Question 8

These were militia men who stood their ground at the Battle of Lexington and Concord

Accepted Answer

Minutemen

Question 9

What did the 1st Continental Congress achieve?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 10

The so called "Shot heard 'round the world" was fired where?

Accepted Answer

Lexington

Question 11

The Massachusetts militia chased the British Army back to Boston, and did what?

Accepted Answer

Ringed the city trapping the British

Question 12

This was the slogan for colonists protest against what they deemed illegal taxes

Accepted Answer

No Taxation without Representation

Question 13

The Declaration of Independence was based on the writings of who?

Accepted Answer

John Locke

Question 14

Who did the Congress appoint as Commander in Chief of the Army?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 15

What are the unalienable rights that Jefferson spoke of in the Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happieness

Question 16

How many people died in the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 17

The picture to the right is an example of someone burning in ......

Accepted Answer

Effigy

Question 18

This law placed a tax on almost all printed material, even playing cards.

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 19

Why did the British all of a sudden start to tax the North American Colonies?

Accepted Answer

War debts

Question 20

The Second Continental Congress adopted what military body, leading to the creation of what ?

Accepted Answer

Massachusetts Militia, Continental Army

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