Causes Of The American Revolution Question Preview (ID: 18688)


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Who is the author of the Declaration of Independence?
a) Thomas Paine
b) George Washington
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) John Adams

What important document was written in 1776, which laid out the grievances the colonists had with the British King and Parliament?
a) The Bill of Rights
b) The Magna Carta
c) The Constitution
d) The Declaration of Independence

What was the name of the meeting that was held in Philadelphia in which each colony sent representatives to discuss the issues facing the colonies?
a) The Constitutional Convention
b) The Continential Congress
c) The Meeting of the Great Minds of America
d) The Convention of 1787

Which event started as a protest over taxes, but resulted in the death of several colonial civilians?
a) Boston Tea Perty
b) Boston Massacre
c) Battle of Yorktown
d) Sugar Act Protests

Which law placed a tax on an official stamp for all paper documents?
a) Tea Act
b) Intolerable Act
c) Stamp Act
d) Sugar Act

Which law stopped colonial expansion west at the Appalachian Mountains?
a) Townshend Acts
b) Proclamation of 1763
c) Stamp Act
d) Tea Act

What saying did the colonist adopt as a result of the new laws and taxes being passed by Parliament and the British King?
a) Revolution Now
b) No Taxation without represenation
c) Down with King Edward
d) Remember the Alamo

Which conflict led to the British government imposing new laws and taxes on the colonists?
a) French and Indian War
b) War of 1812
c) Seven Year War
d) World War I

What was the name of the event in which colonist dressed as Native Americans and destroyed a shipment of tea being held in the Boston Harbor?
a) The Boston Massacre
b) Lexington and Concord
c) The Boston Tea Party
d) The Shot heard round the world

Who was chosen as Commander-and-Chief of the Continental Army?
a) George Washington
b) Ben Franklin
c) John Hancock
d) John Adams

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