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Causes Of The American Revolution
Test Description: Identify the acts, laws, and events that led the American colonists to rebel against England in the American Revolution.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which statement about the Boston Massacre is not ture?
A
The colonists were fired on by British soldiers for no reason
B
It was used by the colonists as propaganda to show the cruelty of British soldiers
C
Five colonists were killed
D
The event took place on March 5, 1770
2) Besides Dr. Prescott, who else rode with Paul Revere to warn the colonists living around Boston that the British soldiers were on the march?
A
William Dawes
B
Henry Knox
C
Samuel Adams
D
John Hancock
3) Who were the minutemen?
A
The first casualties of the American Revolution
B
Young men who reloaded cannons for the colonists
C
The militia that was ready to fight on short notice
D
British soldiers who were very fast shots
4) Which of the following items were not taxed as a result of the Townshend Acts?
A
Paper
B
Glass
C
Roads
D
Tea
5) Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
A
John Adams
B
Ben Franklin
C
Thomas Jefferson
D
George Washington
6) Which event came first?
A
The Stamp Act
B
The Sugar Act
C
The Tea Act
D
The Townshend Acts
7) The Intolerable Acts were passed by England as a result of what event?
A
The Boston Tea Party
B
The Boston Massacre
C
The Declaration of Independence
D
The shot heard round the world
8) Which organization was formed as a secret society to protest British policies?
A
The Revolutionary Guard
B
The Free Masons
C
The Minutemen
D
The Sons of Liberty
9) Which law required colonists to provide housing to British soldiers?
A
The Sheltering Act
B
The Declaratory Act
C
The Proclamation of 1763
D
The Quartering Act
10) In what year were the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired at Lexington and Concord?
A
1775
B
1774
C
1776
D
1773
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