USH - American Revolution

Question 1

Which document effectively ended the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Paris

Question 2

Which of the following Acts of Parliament is NOT an example of a direct tax?

Accepted Answer

Townshend Act

Question 3

Which British victory was executed in an attempt to divide the colonists?

Accepted Answer

Battle of New York

Question 4

Which American victory occurred because Washington lead his men also an ice choked river?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Trenton

Question 5

Which Act stopped tried to stop the colonists from settling west of the Appalachians?

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763

Question 6

Which Act of Parliament forced colonists to keep British soldiers in their own homes?

Accepted Answer

Quartering Act

Question 7

Which document effectively doubled (or more) the size of the young United States?

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Paris

Question 8

What was the nickname given to British soldiers of this era?

Accepted Answer

Redcoats

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT true about the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

was written by Thomas Paine

Question 10

Which event marked the low point for American moral during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Valley Forge

Question 11

Who created this engraving of the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

Paul Revere

Question 12

Which British policy allowed the colonists to basically do their own thing?

Accepted Answer

salutary neglect

Question 13

Which of the following was an early British victory, despite their many casualties?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 14

Which country supplied the naval blockade of Yorktown, helping force Cornwallis's surrender?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 15

Who was the author of the pamphlet Common Sense?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 16

Which important American is depicted here?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 17

Which event led Parliament to pass the Intolerable Acts?

Accepted Answer

Boston Tea Party

Question 18

Which extremely popular pamphlet helped lead Americans to support independence?

Accepted Answer

Common Sense

Question 19

Which Act of Parliament was passed with the goal of raising money for the British government?

Accepted Answer

Tea Act

Question 20

Which of the following was the first American victory of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Trenton

Question 21

Which British Act was passed with the goal of preventing future Native American conflicts?

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763

Question 22

Which of the following was NOT a strength of the colonists during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Strong Navy

Question 23

Which of the following was a disadvantage of the British during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

No European Allies

Question 24

The US added land from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River through the

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris

Question 25

Which Act(s) of Parliament was an attempt to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea Party?

Accepted Answer

Intolerable Acts, Coercive Acts

Question 26

Which group of colonists supported the British during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Loyalists

Question 27

Which of the following was an advantage of the colonists during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Knew the land

Question 28

King George III's goal when passing the ______ was to punish colonists in Massachusetts.

Accepted Answer

Intolerable Acts, Coercive Acts

Question 29

Which document, rejected by the British, was the colonists attempt to avoid the Am Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Olive Branch Petition

Question 30

Who represented the British soldiers during their trial?

Accepted Answer

John Adams

Question 31

Which important British figure of the American Revolution is depicted here?

Accepted Answer

King George III

Question 32

Which anti British group was lead by Samuel Adams during this era?

Accepted Answer

Sons of Liberty

Question 33

Which of the following was NOT a strength of the British during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Fighting for an important cause

Question 34

Who is this great American leader from this period?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 35

Where did Cornwallis surrender to George Washington, effectively ending the Am Rev?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Yorktown

Question 36

Which of the following was the decisive battle of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Yorktown

Question 37

Who was the leader of the Continental Army?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 38

Who was the author of the American declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 39

Which of the following was NOT an advantage of the colonists during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Indian Allies

Question 40

Which American victory sparked the French to join the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Saratoga

Question 41

___ was the Act that caused colonists to start chanting "no taxation without representation?"

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 42

Which nation became an important American ally during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

France

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