American Revolution Test

How did the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, and the Intolerable Acts encourage American colonists to consider revolution against British rule?

• by representing an effort in Britain to end the slave trade in the colonies

• by increasing conflict between the colonists and neighboring Indian tribes.

• by revealing the British plan to expand the American colonies farther west on the continent

• by raising taxes in the American colonies without granting the colonies any representation in Parliament

The French-Indian/Seven Years War is often viewed by historians as being a factor in causing the American Revolution. Which of these BEST explains why this might be the case?

• The Indians believed the colonists would return seized lands to them

• The British were able to defeat the French in North America, Asia, and at sea

• The high cost of the war meant Parliament had to create new taxes in the American colonies

• The French were never truly expelled and played a large role in stirring-up colonial discontent

What year was the Battle of Trenton?

• 1776

• 1775

• 1765

• 1782

Who was defeated at the Battle of Yorktown?

• General George Washington

• General Charles Cornwallis

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Quincy Adams

What year was the Sons of Liberty created?

• 1766

• 1756

• 1765

• 1777

What closed the Boston Harbor & forced colonists to quarter British soldiers?

• Intolerable Acts

• Common Sense

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

Who transformed the American colonists into well disciplined American soldiers?

• Thomas Paine

• General Charles Cornwallis

• George Washington

• Friedrich von Steuben

What ended the French and Indian War?

What event turned many Americans against the British?

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Saratoga

SELECT TWO: What two events happened in 1777?

• Battle of Saratoga

• The Boston Massacre

• Adoption of the Articles of Confederation

• Battles of Lexington & Concord