Module 4 AR Terms & People Quiz

Who was the American Revolutionary leader and patriot who founded the Sons of Liberty and signed the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Samuel Adams

What was the first bloodshed of the American Revolution?

• Boston Massacre

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Stamp Act of 1765

• Tea Act of 1773

Who wrote the pamphlet 'Common Sense' that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation?

• Haym Salomon

• George Washington

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Thomas Paine

Which organization was founded by Samuel Adams and consisted of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies?

• Minutemen

• Continental Army

• Committees of Correspondence

• Second Continental Congress

What was the 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor called?

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Stamp Act of 1765

• Battle of Bunker Hill

Which act required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, when they bought paper items?

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act of 1765

• Tea Act of 1773

• Intolerable Acts

Who were the American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence?

• Redcoats

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Minutemen

Who was the commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Paine

What was the series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party called?

• Stamp Act of 1765

• Quartering Act

• Boston Massacre

• Intolerable Acts

Who were the citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice?

• Loyalists

• Minutemen

• Redcoats

• Mercenaries