The American Revolution Quiz

(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.

• French and Indian War
• The American Revolution
• The Civil War
• The War of 1812

a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin

• The New Albany Plan
• The Declaratory Act
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Olive Branch Petition

This was a series of Christian Revivals that swept through Britain and its thirteen colonies between the 1730's and 1740's

• The Great Awakening
• The Protestant Reformation
• The Proclamation of 1763
• The Article of Confederation

A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east.

• The Proclamation of 1763
• The Declaratory Act
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Quartering Act

This was a tax put on sugar, molasses, and other goods that came into the colonies from places other than Britain.

• The Sugar Act
• The Declaratory Act
• The Townshend Act
• The Quartering Act

This was a tax placed on any paper the colonists needed (wills, marriage papers, playing cards, books, death certificate, Etc.) It was paid in British Sterling instead of Colonial Currency

• The Stamp Act
• The Coercive Acts
• The Proclamation of 1763
• The Sugar Act

Law that said Parliament had the right and authority to legislate for the colonies in all cases no matter what.

• The Declaratory Act
• The New Albany Plan
• The Quartering Act
• The Coercive Act

This required colonists to house and provide for the basic needs of British Soldiers stationed in the Americas

• The Quartering Act
• The Stamp Act
• The Proclamation of 1763
• The Townshend Act

This was a tax put on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea

• The Townshend Act
• The Quartering Act
• The Declaratory Act
• The Coercive Act

This was an organization of angry patriots who formed to protect the rights of American colonists

• The Sons of Liberty
• The Coalition of Patriots
• The Redcoats
• The Articles of Confederation