American Revolution Unit Test

Which event cost England a lot of money and caused the King to impose new taxes on the colonies to help pay for its cost?

• a. The French and Indian War
• b. The American Revolution
• c. Westward Expansion
• d. The Civil War

The__________ required colonists to pay extra taxes on paper goods such as
newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards.

• a. Intolerable Acts
• b. Sugar Act
• c. Stamp Act
• d. Quartering Act

The colonists had no voice in parliament where new laws and taxes were developed and imposed on the colonies. As a result, the colonists began to use the slogan, "________________ !”

• a. It is so unfair... it’s not our fair share
• b. No taxation without representation
• c. No more king
• d. The shot heard ‘round the world

A secret organization made up of merchants and journalists formed to protest unfair taxes was called the _____________ .

• a. Patriots
• b. Loyalists
• c. Minutemen
• d. Sons of Liberty

The Sons of Liberty never used violence to protest unfair taxes.

• a. True
• b. False

What did the Stamp Act do that England did not expect?

• a. It increased the colonist’s support of King George III.
• b. It united the colonies against England.
• c. It caused them to buy more paper goods.
• d. None of the above

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• a. Members of the Sons of Liberty dressed up in disguise and dumped hundreds of
  chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
• b. Members of the Sons of Liberty got together to celebrate their success with tea and crumpets.
• c. Colonists in Boston held a meeting to discuss the new tax on tea.

In 1774 delegates from all the colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia to discuss the problems the colonies were having with England. This was called the ____________ . 

• a. Boston Tea Party
• b. First Continental Congress
• c. Parliament
• d. None of the above

A year later (1775) the representatives met in Philadelphia again. What did they discuss?

• a. becoming an independent nation
• b. breaking away from England
• c. writing a document that declared the colonies independent
• d. All of the above

It took 17 days to write the Declaration of Independence. Who wrote it?

• a. Benjamin Franklin
• b. George Washington
• c. Thomas Jefferson
• d. Thomas Paine