Which action was taken by the leaders of the thirteen colonies in 1776?
Unit 3 Review

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Ratifying the U.S. Constitution
Writing the Articles of Confederation
Announcing independence from Britain
Establishing three branches of government
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did the Proclamation of 1763 contribute to tensions between colonists and Great Britain?
It imposed taxes without colonial representation in Parliament.
It required all colonial goods to be sold directly to Great Britain.
It limited colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains.
It replaced colonial legislatures with royal governors chosen by the King.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following British actions led the American colonists to claim that taxes were imposed without their consent?
Passage of the Stamp Act
Creation of the Intolerable Acts
Administration of the Quebec Act
Enforcement of the Quartering Act
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The British began imposing taxes on the colonists in 1765 to help pay the expenses of fighting the --
Spanish Armada
American Revolution
Battle of Tippecanoe
French and Indian War
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
James Armistead helped contribute to the American victory at Yorktown by--
leading an elite regiment of French soldiers in the battle
passing along information he had discovered while spying
encouraging soldiers to re-enlist after the winter at Valley Forge
donating significant amounts of money to help fund the Patriots
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette contribute to the American Revolutionary War?
He spied on British troops for the colonists.
He negotiated the Treaty of Paris on behalf of the colonists.
He commanded the troops for the colonists against British forces.
He provided funding from the French government for the colonists..
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why would the writings of Mercy Otis Warren be informative to a historian?
She published the first novel set in colonial America.
She recorded the proceeding at the Boston Massacre trial.
She contributed to the writing of the Declaration of Independence
She authored one of the earliest accounts of the Revolutionary War.
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