Chapter 3: The Revolutionary War

The Boston Tea Party was a protest against ________ taxes.

• British

• French

• Spanish

• Dutch

Fill in the blank: Civil disobedience is a ________ refusal to obey allegedly unjust laws.

• nonviolent

• violent

• passive

• aggressive

The Intolerable Acts were passed in response to the Boston Tea Party.

• Boston

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Charleston

A militia is a group of ________ trained to fight in emergencies.

• civilians

• soldiers

• police officers

• firefighters

Fill in the blank: Minutemen were citizen soldiers ready to fight at a ________ notice.

• minute

• hour

• day

• week

Fill in the blank: The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first military engagement of the ________ War.

• Revolutionary

• Civil

• World

• Vietnam

Paul Revere was a patriot who helped warn colonists about ________ movements.

• British

• French

• Spanish

• Dutch

Fill in the blank: The Olive Branch Petition was a document proposing peace between the colonies and ________.

• Britain

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first major battle of the ________.

• Revolutions

• American Civil War

• World War I

• Vietnam War

Fill in the blank: Mercenaries are foreign soldiers who fought for ________.

• money

• glory

• territory

• freedom