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Reviewing the American Revolution. #causesoftheamericanrev #history
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1
What is salutary neglect?
The policy in which Britain paid the colonists money.
The policy in which Britain sent troops to the colonies.
The policy in which Britain left the colonists alone.
The policy that protected British trade.
2
Which was the turning point of the war which allowed us to enter into an alliance with France
Saratoga
Trenton
Bunker Hill
Princeton
3
To let the colonists outside of Boston know what was going on, the colonists created
Committees of Correspondence
The Sons of Liberty
A spy network
The Daughters of Liberty
4
Refusal to buy certain products is known as
A boycott
A siege
A writ of assistance
A petition
5
The purpose of the Sugar Act
all of the above
was to prevent the colonists from smuggling
was to make money for the British
was to uphold the laws of mercantilism
6
Who was responsible for the Boston Tea Party
The Daughters of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty
Committees of Correspondence
The House of Burgesses
7
At the First Continental Congress the colonists called for independence
True
False
8
Put the following events in order
Saratoga, Yorktown, Bunker HIll, Declaration of Independence
Saratoga, Declaration of Independence, Yorktown, Bunker Hill
Saratoga, Declaration of Independence, Bunker HIll, Yorktown
Bunker Hill, Declaration of Independence, Saratoga, Yorktown
9
Taxes on glass, paper, paint and lead were part of
The Quartering Act
The Sugar Act
The Townshend Acts
The Stamp Act
10
Under the Treaty of Paris the British
Gained the Mississippi River
Recognized America's sovereignty
Moved to the West
Kept troops in the Ohio River Valley
11
The Proclamation of 1763 was passed following which war?
The American Revolution
Pontiac's War
The French and Indian War
The Hundred Years War
12
This battle is also known as the "Christmas Surprise"
Trenton
Saratoga
Princeton
Bunker Hill
13
Colonists were called upon to house British soldiers stationed in the colonies under the
The Quartering Act
The Stamp Act
The Townshend Acts
The Sugar Act
14
The Stamp Act was different in that it
Only affected women
Affected the merchants in Britain
Taxed everyone
Only affected merchants
15
Who was chosen as the leader of the Continental Army?
Patrick Henry
John Adams
George Washington
Samuel Adams
16
"The shot heard round the world" refers to
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
Bunker Hill
Saratoga
17
To prevent anything from leaving Boston the British carried out
A boycott
total war
A siege
A blockade
18
The colonists believed that they should have the same rights that British citizens had
False
True
19
During the Boston Tea Party the colonists dressed up as
British regulars
Women
Themselves
Natives
20
Which British General was defeated at Yorktown
DeWitt Wallace
Burgoyne
Cornwallis
Howe
21
George Grenville was Britain's finance minister
True
False
22
At the Stamp Act Congress
Patrick Henry said "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
A petition was sent to the King
A boycott was carried out against all paper products
The king was burned in effigy
23
Preventing the colonists from moving beyond the Appalachian Mountains is a part of?
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1762
Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
The Navigation Acts
24
The Boston Massacre started when
British soldiers were taunting the colonists
Colonists were taunting the British soldiers
25
At Yorktown the colonists carried out a
Siege
Blockade of the York River
Both answers are correct
