Unit 1 Chapter 1 Test. Bayou Bridges. 3rd

Which event in 1773 led to the Intolerable Acts?

• Battle of Trenton

• Boston Tea Party

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• First Continental Congress

During which battle did the British surrender and end the war?

• Boston

• Yorktown

• Philadelphia

• Lexington

Which statement best explains a reason why parliament passed the Stamp Act?

• to repay debt from the French and Indian War

• to lower the cost of sending letters

• to encourage the Declaration of Independence

• to raise the cost of sending letters

Why is July 4 celebrated?

• It is the day that Thomas Paine published Common Sense

• It is the day that the British surrendered to the Continental Army

• it is the day that the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia

• It is the day that the colonies adopted a declaration of independence from Britian

True or false After the Battle of Saratoga, the French decided to help the Americans in the war.

• true

• false

After which battle shown on the map did the American colonies form an alliance with France?

• Trenton

• Concord

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

What do the stripes of the American flag represent?

• each of the thirteen original colonies

• the lives lost during the American Revolution

• the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence

• the United States' former relationship with Great Britian

What is the main way George Washington helped the Revolution?

• He led the Continental Army

• He founded Washington, D.C.

• He fought at the Battles of Lexington and Concord

• He wrote the Declaration of Independence

Who was the general in charge of the British troops at Yorktown?

• Charles Cornwallis

• George Washington

• Robert E. Lee

• Nathanael Greene

• Benedict Arnold

Why did American colonists decide to throw the tea overboard?

• They did not like British tea

• They were angry about taxes

• They thought the boxes held weapons

• They watned to punish British ship captains.