Which concern of the colonists led to the American Revolution?

Question 1 options:

Opposition to British tax policies


Fear of attacks by American Indians


Increasing immigration from countries other than Britain


Desire for greater religious freedom

Question 2 (1 point)
What law prohibited the colonist from moving West of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War?
Question 2 options:

Stamp Act


Intolerable Acts


Proclamation of 1763


Townshend Acts

Question 3 (1 point)
Why were tax laws like the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townshend Acts passed by England?

Question 3 options:

To help the colonist become more independent


To help colonist make a better life for themselves


To pay off war debt from the French and Indian War


To ensure that their self-government worked

Question 4 (1 point)
Why were colonist upset about the tax laws?

Question 4 options:

They wanted to get rid of Mercantilism


They lacked representation in Parliament


They did not have the finances to pay the taxes


They wanted separation of church and state

Question 5 (1 point)
What is considered the first battle of the American Revolution?

Question 5 options:

Battles of Lexington & Concord


Battle of Yorktown


Battles of Saratoga


Battle of Trenton

Question 6 (1 point)
What battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolution because the victory encouraged the French to join the American side?
Question 6 options:

Battles of Lexington & Concord


Battle of Bunker Hill


Battle of Yorktown


Battles of Saratoga

Question 7 (1 point)
During the winter of 1777-1778, Washington and his army faced many hardships. What were they?

Question 7 options:

Disease


Harsh Weather


Starvation


All of the above

Question 8 (1 point)
According to the Declaration of Independence, from what SOURCE does the government get its power?

Question 8 options:

the king


the president


the consent of the governed


the military

Question 9 (1 point)
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

Question 9 options:

To declare war on France


To declare the reasons the colonist wanted to separate from England


To outline the structure for a new government


To describe the new rights Americans would have

Question 10 (6 points)
Match the correct person to their description.

Question 10 options:

Leader of the Boston Tea Party and the Sons of Liberty.


He led the Continental Army during the American Revolution.


He wrote "Common Sense" to encourage the colonies to break from England.


He was the 1st patriot killed at the Boston Massacre.


He wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776.


He helped as a diplomat in Europe to negotiate the Treaty of Paris (1783).

1.
Thomas Jefferson

2.
George Washington

3.
Samuel Adams

4.
Thomas Paine

5.
Crispus Attucks

6.
John Adams

Question 11 (1 point)
Why did the Boston Tea Party occur?

Question 11 options:

because the British loved tea and the colonist knew this


because the rebels thought tea was only suppose to be for the Navy


because the British refused to lift the high tax on tea


the sons of liberty found they were bored and decided to protest

Question 12 (1 point)
Colonist formed different protest groups to provoke the British and fight for independence. Which of the following is the name for one of those groups?

Question 12 options:

Sons of Liberty


Continental Children


Freedom Fighters


Revolutionary Rebels

Question 13 (3 points)
Match the correct description to its term.

Question 13 options:

colonists were required to house troops and feed them

placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists.


import tax on molasses, sugar, wine & coffee

1.
Sugar Act

2.
Quartering Act

3.
Townshend Act