The Road to War Unit Test

1. The 1765 act that taxed paper and printed goods in the Colonies was the ________.

• Paper Act

• B: Stamp Act

• C: Tea Act

• D: Pamphlet Promotion

2. Redcoats were _________.

• A: American soldiers

• B: women who wore red coats

• C: British soldiers

• D: lobster catchers

3. The Stamp Act, Townshend Acts and Boston Massacre were some events that led to the _____________.

• A: American Revolution

• B: Civil War

• C: World War I

• D: World War II

4. The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was done to protest _____________.

• A: tea drinking in the Colonies

• B: being forced to buy tea from the East India Company

• C: King George drinking tea

• D: parties in Boston

5. Samuel Adams was a __________.

• Loyalist

• Redcoat

• Patriot

• governor

6. The French and Indian War was between ________ and ________.

• A: French, American Indians

• B: French and American Indians, Spain and England

• C: British, American Indians Colonists

• D: French and American Indians, British

7. The Quartering Act of 1765 said that _____________.

• A: Colonists had to save quarters

• B: Colonists had to pay a quarter tax on all tea

• C: Colonists had to provide quarters instead of nickels and dimes

• D: Colonists had to provide living quarters to British soldiers

8. The Sons of Liberty were ______________.

• A: Loyalists for Britain's independence

• B: makers of the Liberty Bell

• C: Patriots for independence from Britain

• D: children of presidents

9. Who offered to lead men in battle for the relief of Boston?

• A. Paul Revere

• B. Hugh White

• C. Crispus Attucks

• D. George Washington

10. The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at _____________.

• A: Boston and Philadelphia

• B: London and New York

• C: Plymouth and Jamestown

• D: Lexington and Concord