4th grade American Revolution - chapters 1-3

Question 1

Who was the enslaved African person who wrote a poem praising King George for repealing the Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

Phillis Wheatley

Question 2

What happened at the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

5 Colonists were killed by British troops.

Question 3

Which act put a tax on imported goods, such as tea, and replaced the Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

The Townshend Act

Question 4

Who was the person who was killed during the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

Crispus Attucks

Question 5

Which act closed down the Boston Harbor until all the tea was paid for?

Accepted Answer

The Boston Port Act

Question 6

What fact is true about the 1st Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

Georgia didn't attend

Question 7

Why did the British troops march to Lexington?

Accepted Answer

To try and capture Samuel Adams and John Hancock

Question 8

The Sons of Liberty used the phrase, "No taxation without _________," to express their frustration with England.

Accepted Answer

representation

Question 9

Who or what was the "Sons of Liberty"?

Accepted Answer

A group of business owners who were against the British rules

Question 10

Which act forced colonists to let British soldiers stay at their houses?

Accepted Answer

The Quartering Act

Question 11

What is the name of the war, fought between France and England that took place from 1754-1763?

Accepted Answer

French and Indian War

Question 12

Which act put a tax on all paper goods?

Accepted Answer

The Stamp Act

Question 13

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

Accepted Answer

The colonists dumped 340 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.

Question 14

Who rode his horse all night, warning people that the British were coming?

Accepted Answer

Paul Revere

Question 15

Who was king of England during the 1770's?

Accepted Answer

King George III

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