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1
The ___________ often used guerrilla tactics.
British
French
Americans
Cavaliers
2
The ___________ meant that the colonies could only sell goods to Britain.
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Navigation Acts
Affordable Care Act
3
The British reprisals against colonial protests were known as the _____________.
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts
Navigation Acts
Stamp Act
4
The incident in which British soldiers killed 5 colonial protesters was called the _______.
Continental Congress
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
5
Egalitarianism is __________.
A belief in equality for rulers
A belief in equality for women
A belief in equality for wealthy people.
A belief in equality for all people.
6
The Declaration of Independence was written by ____________.
Roger Sherman
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
7
Which event confirmed American independence and set the boundaries of the new nation?
the British Surrender at Yorktown
the Olive Branch Petition
The Treaty of Paris
the New Jersey Plan
8
The first battle of the Revolutionary War was at ____________.
Fort Sumter
Pearl Harbor
Yorktown
Lexington & Concord
9
During the American Revolution, colonial resistance was coordinated by the ____________.
House of Burgesses
Pentagon
Second Continental Congress
Parliament
10
_______________ was a document hoping to restore "the former harmony" with Britain.
Olive Branch Petition
Declaration of Independence
Sugar Act
Common Sense
11
____________ was a French aristocrat and officer who advocated and fought for the Americans.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis de Sade
Friedrich von Steuben
12
___________ was the British general who captured Charleston and later surrendered at Yorktown.
Charles Cornwallis
John Burgoyne
Richard Howe
William Howe
13
Most battles in the American Revolution were won by the _____________.
British
Americans
14
Who as the talented drillmaster that taught American troops to be better soldiers?
George Washington
Friedrich von Steuben
Charles Cornwallis
Marquis de Lafayette
15
The final battle of the Revolutionary War was the Battle of __________.
Yorktown
New York
Lexington & Concord
Bunker Hill
16
The meeting of 12 colonial delegates in Philadelphia in September 1774 was called ____________.
Boston Tea Party
First Continental Congress
Mayflower Compact
Parliament
17
_____________ were founded to communicate between colonies about threats to American liberties.
Boston Tea Party
minutemen
committees of correspondence
Continental Congress
18
A government in which people elect representatives to govern is called a ______.
dictatorship
representative government
absolute monarchy
lottery
19
The American extension of the Seven Years War was called ___________.
The Revolutionary War
The Civil War
French and Indian War
Spanish-American War
20
The 9 year war between England, France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia was called the _______.
The Seven Years War
The Nine Years War
The Revolutionary War
World War I
21
The low point of the Revolutionary War for the Continental Army was ____________.
the Batte at Saratoga, New York
the Boston Massacre
the winter at Valley Forge
the battle at Cowpens, South Carolina
22
____________ was made Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
Benjamin Franklin
John Hancock
George Washington
John Adams
23
The first legislative body in the Americas, founded in Virginia in 1619, was ___________.
Parliament
The House of Burgesses
The Mayflower Compact
The First Continental Congress
24
_____________ was a pamphlet by Thomas Paine advocating an American republic.
Common Sense
Poor Richard's Almanac
Olive Branch Petition
Declaration of Indepedence
25
The Bloodiest Battle of the Revolutionary War was the Battle of ____________.
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Yorktown
Breeds Hill
26
The 1765 __________ taxed newspapers and other printed materials.
Affordable Care Act
Navigation Acts
Tea Act
Stamp Act
27
What did the Townshend Acts bring about?
indirect taxes on imported goods
direct taxes on imported documents
the closing of Boston Harbor
relief from taxes on tea
28
The Battle of __________ helped sway the French to the American cause.
New York
Bunker Hill
Saratoga
Yorktown
29
Which European country supported the American colonies during the Revolutionary War?
France
Italy
Germany
Spain
30
The Boston Tea Party was in response to the ___________.
Tea Act
Navigation Acts
Stamp Act
Affordable Care Act