Unit 2: American Revolution

What war put a significant financial burden on Britain, leading them to tax the American Colonies?

• The French and Indian War

• The War of 1812

• The American Revolution

• The Spanish American War

The name of an organization that formed to protest the Stamp Act?

• Stamp Act Rejectors
• Rebels United
• Daughters of Liberty
• Sons of Liberty

This person is known as the father of the American Revolution?

• Samuel Adams
• George Washington
• John Hancock
• Thomas Jefferson

The event where A crowd of protestors harassed British Troops and then opened fire on the crowd?

• Virginia Rebellion
• Boston Massacre
• New York Uprising
• Philadelphia Riot

What was the colonies "punishment" for the Boston Tea Party?

• The colonies were given more representation in the British Parliament
• The punishment for the Boston Tea Party was the passing of the Intolerable Acts

• The colonies were granted independence from Britain
• The colonies were rewarded with tax breaks

Who was the first to propose the idea of a revolution?

• John Locke
• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Jefferson

What are the two groups that form based differing opinions on the idea of the revolution?

• Patriots and Loyalists

• Advocates and adversaries
• Believers and non-believers
• Allies and enemies

What was the first battle of the revolutionary war?

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of Yorktown
• Battle of Lexington and Concord

What meeting served as the makeshift American government as the American revolution broke out?

• First Continental Congress

• Revolutionary Assembly
• American Summit
• Second Continental Congress

Who was the author of "Common Sense"?

• Thomas Paine
• John Adams
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin