american revolution practice test

Which country’s government did the colonists model their government after?

• France
• Spain
• Mexico
• Great Britain

Which of the following was one British principle of government valued by the American colonists?

• the custom of having a ruling king or queen
• the freedom to wage violent protest if they thought it was necessary
• the potential to have an aristocratic house in the legislature
• the right to pay no tax unless it was levied by their own representatives

Which of the following groups led violent protests against British taxation in the colonies?

• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Parliament
• Daughters of Liberty
• Sons of Liberty

Parliament’s _____, which taxed printed materials in the colonies, outraged the colonists who believed that only their own representatives should levy taxes.

• Sugar Act
• Quartering Act
• Townshend Acts
• Stamp Act

Which of the following men was a Virginia representative who argued for more radical opposition to Parliament?

• Samuel Adams
• John Hancock
• Charles Townshend
• Patrick Henry

What act by customs officers began a series of events that led to the Boston Massacre? 

• the use of British soldiers to guard customs houses
• the failure to collect taxes on stamps
• the passage of the Townshend Acts
• the seizure of the merchant ship 

Why did the British feel it necessary to impose new taxes on the American colonists?

• to aid in the cost of building new factories in New England  
• to cover the expense of maintaining missions in North America
• to support the creation of a new parliament in Canada
• to help pay war debts from fighting the French and Indian War

At the First Continental Congress, what significant action did delegates take against the British?

• They drafted the Declaration of Independence.
• They introduced the Coercive Acts.
• They formed the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act.
• They called for a boycott of all British imports.

What did the Sons of Liberty do to protest the Stamp Act?

• They gave sermons against it during church services.
• They wrote pamphlets and drafted resolutions against it.
• They used nonviolent protests to gain support from colonists.
• They tore down the office of the tax collector and destroyed his house.

After the Stamp Act, what did those who opposed the British taxes begin to call themselves?

• the Sons of Liberty
• the Empire
• the Crown
• the Patriots