Events Leading to Declaration of Independence Quiz

Colonists dumped a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor?

• Stamp Act

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

The British imposed taxes on goods imported to the colonies.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Boston Massacre

• Tea Act

A fight between British soldiers and patriotic colonists.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Boston Massacre

• Tea Act

Who wrote the pamphlet 'Common Sense' providing arguments for declaring independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

Which event marked the end of the French and Indian War and led the British to start taxing the colonies to pay for the war?

• Treaty of Paris

• Stamp Act

• Boston Tea Party

• First Continental Congress

What did the British give the East India Company a monopoly on?

• Tea sales in the colonies

• Glass sales in the colonies

• Paint sales in the colonies

• Paper sales in the colonies

What day did the colonies declare independence?

• July 3

• June 4

• September 1

• July 4

What group of laws did Britain place on the colonies to punish them for the Boston Tea Party?

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• First Continental Congress

Which battle marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War?

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Boston Massacre

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Saratoga

Who was elected as Commander in Chief to lead the Continental Army?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin