American Revolution

What country did American colonies rebel against?

• Britain/England

• Mexico

• France

• Atlanta

What was the main reason that the American colonies rebeled?

• They wanted their own flag.

• They wanted their own king.

• They didn't want to pay taxes without having representation.

• They didn't like tea.

The _____________________ required colonists to pay extra taxes on paper goods such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Intolerable Acts

The colonists had no voice in parliment where new laws and taxes were developed and put on the colonies. As a result, the colonists began the slogan, " _______________________".

• no more king

• No taxation without representation

• it is so unfair.... it is not our fair share

• the shot heard around the world

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

• Sons of Liberty

• Patriots

• Minutemen

• Loyalists

What did the Sons of Liberty do during the Boston Tea Party?

• They burned the legal documents.

• They fought the British.

• They sat around and drank tea.

• They dressed up like indians and dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor.

Who was given the credit for writing most of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

The Declaration of Independence was a way for the colonists to respond to the tyranny and abuse of power by King George III.

• True

• False

The first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War took place at _______________ . It became known as The Shot Heard Around the World.

• Lexington

• Philadelphia

• Washington

• Atlanta

Where was the final battle won at?

• Yorktown

• Lexington

• Fort Sumter

• New York