Road to Revolution Quiz

This practice allowed the colonies to be independent from British rules and regulations, until the King changed his mind was (a)  

• salutary neglect
• mercantilism
• colonialism
• imperialism

Reorder the following acts, in sequential order

• townshend acts

• sugar act

• tea act

• quartering act

• stamp act

This person became leader of the Continental Army after having success during the French and Indian War

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was important to the Revolution because (a)   .

• he convinced many to join the Patriot cause
• he was a British spy
• he was the leader of the Revolution
• he wrote the Declaration of Indepen

Explain why John Adams defended the British soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre, even though he was a Patriot

• He had Civic Virtue

• He wanted the money

• He believed the soldiers were innocent

• He was really a Loyalist spy

The Townshend Acts led to (a)  

• the Boston Massacre
• the Tea Act
• the Stamp Act
• the Sugar Act

The first casualty of the Revolution

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Crispus Attucks

The Tea Act resulted in what act of civil disobedience?

• Boston Tea Party

• Revolutionary War

• Mayflower Compact

• Lexington and Concord

Thomas Jefferson borrowed the idea of " (a)   " from Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• freedom, equality, and fraternity
• truth, justice, and the American way
• liberty, equality, and fraternity

The first battles of the war happened in (a)  

• Lexington and Concord
• Gettysburg and Antietam
• Bull Run and Shiloh
• Fort Sumter and Manassas