American Revolution Pre-Quiz

What were American's called who supported independence?

• Tories
• Separatists
• Patriots
• Loyalists

Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as

• Redcoats
• Loyalists
• Neutrals
• Patriots

The ________________ dressed up like Mohawk Indians and dumped British tea in the Boston Harbor.

• Daughters of Liberty
• Sons of Liberty
• colonists
• loyalists

In order to pay off French and Indian War debt, the British Parliament took what action?

• Closed the Boston Harbor
• Passed new colonial taxes like the Stamp Act
• Held a seaside tea party
• Allowed the colonists to chose their own governors

Colonists opposed taxes from Great Britain because the--

• colonies had no representation in Parliament.
• taxes were too high.
• British people had no representation in Parliament.
• colonists wanted American Indians and French to pay all the taxes.

In which event were colonists shot after taunting British soldiers?

• Lexington & Concord
• Boston Tea Party
• First Continental Congress
• Boston Massacre

The French and Indian War was the French vs. the Indians

• True
• False

The Americans will be responsible for paying off the debt from the war. 

• True
• False

The _________ was the official document that was signed at the end of the French and Indian War that gave Britain control of the land east of the Mississippi.

• Proclamation of 1763
• Stamp Act
• Treaty of Paris, 1763
• Sugar Act

What did the Declaration of Independence say?

• Colonists wanted a president and vice president
• The American colonies should stay under the rule of King George
• People have 3 rights: life, freedom, & to seek happiness

• Colonists do not have the right to a new government