What was the boston massacre?

The killing of 5 colonists by the British soldiers.

What was the Stamp Act?

Forced Colonists to buy stamps to place on paper goods

That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are...

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

What phrase describes the purpose of the American soldiers in the battle of Trenton?

“to strike for liberty and life”

What was significant about the fighting at Lexington and Concord in 1775?

The fighting marked the beginning of the American Revolution.

Who was Crispus Attucks?

The first person killed in the Boston Massacre

Why did the colonists dislike the Sugar Act even though it lowered taxes?

Writs of Assistance allowed British Officials to search colonial ships

What was the main reason the Coercive Acts were enacted?

To punish and control Boston and Massachusetts

What is one thing the Quebec act did NOT do?

Improved the relationship between the British and the Thirteen Colonies.

What phrase summarizes the complaint expressed in this letter (Common Sense)?

Taxation is unfair without representation.

Who is being described in the first stanza of the poem?

The foreign soldiers fighting for the British Army.

Which important advantage helped lead to American victory in the Revolutionary War is missing from the table?

Significant financial and military assistance came from foreign nations

Why was the Continental Congress formed?

To set up a political body that would challenge British control.

Why did parliament pass the Sugar Act?

Pay the costs of the French and Indian War.

What was the Mayflower Compact?

A document that 41 men signed to make "just and equal" laws.

What was one of the Coercive acts?

The closing of the Boston Harbor.

Which title completes the list below?

Actions Taken by the First Continental Congress.

What was the cause of the Townshend Acts?

The Repealing of the Stamp Act and tension between colonies.

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

an order that blocked colonists from settling west of the Appalachians

The timeline below of reflects British laws from the Colonial Period, after studying the timeline, chose which response

British policies leading to Colonial protests.

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1
On Christmas night 1776, the Patriots scored a victory at what battle?
Saratoga.
German-town.
Philadelphia.
Trenton.
2
What was the boston massacre?
A time where everyone went crazy over tacos.
The killing of 5 colonists by the British soldiers.
When some of the people of Boston dumped tea in the harbor.
The killing of 5 British soldiers within Boston.
3
What was the Stamp Act?
Forced Colonists to buy stamps to place on paper goods
It was a tax on tea
Closed the port of Boston because of the Boston Tea Party
Forced colonists to house British troops in their own homes
4
What ended the French and Indian War?
The 2nd Continental Congress
The Treaty of Paris 1763
The Declaration of Independence
The Treaty of Paris 1783
5
Which colonist had his newspaper burned by the tyrant governor of New York
John Quincy Adams
John Winthrop
John Peter Zenger
John Adams
6
According to the map, in what direction did the British travel from Boston to Concord?
Northwest
Southeast
Northeast
Southwest
7
That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are...
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Life, liberty, and firepower
Life, liberty, and security
Life, liberty, and property
8
What phrase describes the purpose of the American soldiers in the battle of Trenton?
“Columbia’s sons haste to the strife”
“to strike for liberty and life”
“a gallant band, and nobly led”
“George Washington was at their head!”
9
What was significant about the fighting at Lexington and Concord in 1775?
The fighting marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
It established the British plan to divide the colonies in two
After battles, British leaders recognized the independence of the USA
General Washington and his troops endured great hardships from hunger.
10
The idea that Government should be divided in branches is called?
Social Contract
Natural Rights
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
11
What did the colonists do to make money without paying British taxes?
Lie on their taxes
Beat up the tax collectors
Smuggle rum
Make their slaves pay
12
What were the effects of the French and Indian war?
France gave New Orleans and Louisiana to Spain.
Britain gained land east of Mississippi River.
All of the Above.
France all claims to North America.
13
Who was Crispus Attucks?
The author of “common sense”
A slave who spied on Great Britain
A Jewish Financer
The first person killed in the Boston Massacre
14
Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense led many colonial leaders to do what?
Challenge British authority.
Reject Enlightenment ideas.
Understand the good sense of monarchy.
Agree to bound by British laws.
15
Why did the colonists dislike the Sugar Act even though it lowered taxes?
The Colonists wanted to help Britain pay off the war debt faster
The Sugar Act would give the East India Company a monopoly on Tea
Writs of Assistance allowed British Officials to search colonial ships
The Colonists wanted to pay higher taxes
16
Pennsylvania was the only colony where which group could vote in elections?
People of color
Women
Land owning white men
Poor white men
17
What was the main reason the Coercive Acts were enacted?
To support patriots
To punish and control Boston and Massachusetts
To make money off the colonists
To boost British Trade
18
George Washington's greatest challenge at Valley Forge was what?
keeping his army together.
Keeping the British away
Keeping his spirits up.
Entertainment for his army.
19
Which act taxed almost all printed material in the colonies?
Sugar Act
Hat Act
Iron Act
Stamp Act
20
What is one thing the Quebec act did NOT do?
Gave more property and religious rights to the French.
Improved the relationship between the British and the Thirteen Colonies.
Continued to recognize Aboriginal rights.
Provided some religious freedom to Catholics.
21
The volunteer from France who became Washington's trusted aide was who?
Benjamin Franklin.
Marquis de Lafayette.
Francis Marion.
Thomas Paine.
22
What phrase summarizes the complaint expressed in this letter (Common Sense)?
Governments should treat citizens equally.
People can rebel against an unjust government.
Taxation is unfair without representation.
The Proclamation of 1763 takes away the rights of the colonists.
23
What year was the Boston Tea Party?
4634
1773
1723
1093
24
Who is being described in the first stanza of the poem?
The Loyalists fighting for the British Army.
The foreign soldiers fighting for the British Army.
General Washington.
The Patriot Army.
25
Which city is known as the city of "Brotherly Love"?
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington DC
New York
26
In 1777, William Howe captured which city, causing Congress to flee?
New York City
Washington, D.C.
Boston
Philadelphia
27
Which important advantage helped lead to American victory in the Revolutionary War is missing from the table?
Native Americans largely sided with the colonists.
Colonists controlled all railroads and canals.
Significant financial and military assistance came from foreign nations
The all-volunteer Continental army was well supplied.
28
What was the name of George Washington's First fort?
St Augustine
Caroline
Necessity
Detroit
29
What was the name of the uprising in Virginia against the colony governor and Native Americans?
Shays Rebellion
Bacons Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion
30
Why was the Continental Congress formed?
To unite the colonists and the British.
To practice using muskets and cannons.
To set up a political body that would challenge British control.
To enforce the Coercive Acts.
31
Why did parliament pass the Sugar Act?
Pay the costs of the French and Indian War.
Replace British goods that had rotted because of a boycott.
Pay the costs of the Seven Years’ War.
Replace British ships that had been damaged by smugglers.
32
Which Conquistador claimed la Florida for Spain?
Cortez
Ponce De Leon
Ponfilo
De Soto
33
The French announced support for the United States after the American victory at which battle?
Boston
Saratoga
Philadelphia
Valley Forge
34
Who organized protests and burned effigies of tax collectors.
The Sons of Liberty
No one burned effigies
The Sons of Dr. Taylor
The Sons of Destruction
35
Martin Luther nailed this document to Pope Pious' front door, starting the protestant reformation...
95 Theses
No More Catholics!
Rich People Do Not Get to Sin
The Pope is Wrong
36
Young men who wanted to learn new skills often work for free as an ________________ to a more skilled craftsman
Slave
Indentured Servant
Temp worker
Apprentice
37
What was the Mayflower Compact?
The boat that pilgrims took to Plymouth.
A document that 41 men signed to make "just and equal" laws.
A document that stated Thomas Dale was governor.
A compact mirror.
38
What was one of the Coercive acts?
The closing of the Boston Harbor.
The creation of Canada
Tea Tax
Taxing of imported goods
39
What was the Sugar Act?
Colonists to house British troops in their own homes
A tax on paper goods
A tax on tea
A tax on sugar
40
What was not one of the three ships Christopher Columbus sailed?
Columbus
Santa Maria
Niña
Pinta
41
Which Catholic Bishop thought that the colonies would not be able to adopt a true democracy?
Charles Inglis
Jonathan Edwards
William Cosby
George Whiteman
42
Before 1754, which European nation controlled Mississippi River territory?
Spain
France
Great Britain
Italy
43
Which title completes the list below?
Actions Taken by the Committee of Correspondence.
Actions Taken by the First Continental Congress.
Actions Taken by the Second Continental Congress.
Actions Taken by the Declaration of Independence Committee.
44
What was the cause of the Townshend Acts?
The Repealing of the Stamp Act and tension between colonies.
Battle of Bunker Hill
George Washington declared war on the British.
War funds for the colonists.
45
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
an order that blocked colonists from settling west of the Appalachians
a conflict in which Metacomet and his people were defeated
a formal agreement between countries
an attack on British forts and villages in the Ohio River Valley
46
Who was the man who turned the ragged Continental Army into a more efficient fighting force?
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
Juan de Miralles
Casimir Pulaski
Friedrich von Steuben
47
The laws forbidding the colonies from trading with other Europeans or Native Americans were called?
The Tea Act
The Navigation Act
The Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
48
How did the Daughters of Liberty support the boycott of the Stamp Act?
By helping tar and feather British officials
By pouring tea into the harbor
By protesting loudly in the streets.
By making their own cloths.
49
These people ruled like kings in the Southern Colonies
Plantation Owners
Ship builders
Family farmers
African Slaves
50
The timeline below of reflects British laws from the Colonial Period, after studying the timeline, chose which response
Examples of British navigation laws.
Colonial reaction to British Taxes.
Abuses of power by Colonial legislatures.
British policies leading to Colonial protests.
51
Which battle convinced the British that the war was too costly and marked the end of the American Revolution?
Battle of Bunker Hill.
Battle of Yorktown.
Battle of Saratoga.
Battle of Trenton.
52
The name of the radical who protested the Stamp Act by burning effigies.
Samuel Adams
Ben Franklin
Patrick Henry
none of the above
53
What was the name of the largest Native American Alliance during the French and Indian War?
The Lakota-Sioux Casino
The Iroquois Confederacy
The Seminole Tribe
The Choctaw Alliance
54
What were the effects of the French and Indian war?
All of the Above.
France all claims to North America.
France gave New Orleans and Louisiana to Spain.
Britain gained land east of Mississippi River.
55
As a result of the Stamp Act, colonists staged
a rally
a protest
a boycott
a march
56
Which conquistador ravaged the Aztec Empire leading to an outbreak of smallpox in South America?
Pizzaro
Cortez
De Leon
De Soto
57
What is the definition of a rebellion?
A successful defiance of an established school system.
Open, armed, and successful defiance of an established religion.
Armed and usually unsuccessful defiance of an established government.
Open and armed defiance on the lawyers of a colony.
58
Who was the first commander of the Continental Army?
Jefferson
Marion
Washington
Franklin
59
Quartering Act
Americans had to surrender their weapons
British had to house American soldiers
Americans had to house and feed British soldiers
Americans had to pay higher taxes
60
These colonies relied mainly on industries like iron and timber to make money
Southern Colonies
French Colonies
New England Colonies
Middle colonies
61
On October 17, 1777, General John Burgoyne surrendered to the Americans at what battle?
Philadelphia.
Concord
Trenton.
Saratoga.
62
Based on the passage, what is Paine arguing against?
British military interference
British protection of Native Americans
British westward expansion
British control of colonial trade
63
What did the colonists call the coercive acts
The navigation act
The gratitude acts
The horrible acts
The intolerable acts
64
The British agreed to recognize the United States as an independent nation after the Americans’ victory at which battle?
Yorktown.
Vincennes.
Saratoga.
New York.
65
Which future president defend the Redcoats during the trial of the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
George Washington
all of the above
Donald Trump
66
Where did the Patriot forces endure a winter of terrible suffering?
Valley Forge
Saratoga
Philadelphia
Yorktown
67
What was the winter of 1609-1610 called by the Jamestown Colonists?
The Cold Time
The Fun Time
The Starving Time
The Dying Time
68
What was the name of the epidemic that ravaged the colonies in the 1700's?
Chickenpox
Dysentery
Covid 19
Smallpox
69
What happened after the Boston Tea Party?
"Hamiliton" the Musical happened
George Washington became President right away.
Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts
The Sons of Liberty were executed
70
What was the name of the trade route that brought enslaved Africans to the colonies?
The Middle Passage
The Northwestern Passage
The Southern Passage
The Slave Codes
71
Which type of colonists sided with Britain?
Nationalists
Loyalists
Patriots
Separatists
72
What year did the Boston Massacre occur?
1776
1895
1899
1770
73
What was the passionate sermon used by Jonathan Edwards in the Great Awakening?
Sinners in the hands of an angry God
The Pope is bad and should feel bad
Wake up America! God is watching
Jesus loves all and wants to help
74
What nation made an alliance with the revolutionary United States in 1778?
France.
Canada.
Spain.
Great Britain
75
How did colonial leaders use the Boston Massacre killings?
As a reason to tax Great Britain
As a reason to trust the British.
As propaganda.
As a call to war.
76
Which political thinker was influential in the government structure of the colonies?
Washington
Locke
Kant
Madison
77
What were the Townshend Acts?
Acts that taxed imported items like glass, paint and tea.
Acts that controlled where colonists lived.
Acts that gave money to Mr. Townsend.
Acts that ordered colonists to follow the law.
78
What caused the Boston Tea party?
The forced monopoly of East India Tea
A deep love of tea
The Sugar Act
An overproduction of tea
79
What happened when three East India Company ships arrived in Boston Harbor in 1773?
Colonists called for a boycott of fabric made in Britain.
Colonists boarded the ships and threw chests of tea overboard.
Parliament passed the Tea Act
Five colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre.
80
How did King Charles II of England get control of New Amsterdam?
He won it in a game of chess
He sent war ships and the Dutch handed over control.
He was given New Amsterdam for free.
He bought New Amsterdam from the Dutch.
81
What ended the French and Indian War?
The Treaty of Paris 1763
The Declaration of Independence
The Treaty of Paris 1783
The 2nd Continental Congress

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