American Revolution

What is another name for British soldiers?

• Redcoats
• Patriots
• Minutemen
• Continental Soldiers

What did we call colonists who did NOT want independence from England?

• Minutemen
• Traitors
• Militia
• Loyalists

The slogan the colonists repeated to protest unjust taxes was "No ________ without representation"

• voting

• taxation

• rights

• liberty poles

What was the purpose of the Boston Tea Party?

• to punish merchants for selling imported tea.

• to see who could throw a barrel further.

• to frame the Native Americans.

• to protest taxes on tea.

Which side had more resources and training at the beginning of the war?

• British

• Colonists

• The Colonist and the British were equal in every way.

• The war was just a myth.

Who won the American Revolution?

• The British

• The American Colonists

• The Canadians

• The Germans

Who fired "the shot heard round the world?"

• the British
• the minutemen
• it is a mystery!

How many people died at the Boston Massacre?

• 2
• 6
• 3
• 5

What country joined the colonists to help them win the war?

• Germany
• France
• Netherlands
• Africa

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Sam Adams

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

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