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Revolutionary War Test Review Part 1
Test Description: American Revolutionary War
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) From which country were the Hessians?
A
Britain
B
Germany
C
Spain
D
Italy
2) Why were the British marching to Concord?
A
To cut off the Boston Harbor
B
To set up camp in Valley Forge
C
To show their superior military strength
D
To destroy ammunition stored by militias
3) Why did the King raise taxes on the colonists?
A
because he was angry that the colonists had left England
B
to pay off debt from the French and Indian War
C
because they colonists had to pay back their passage to America
D
because he was greedy
4) What is propaganda?
A
an attempt to convince people to think a certain way
B
guerrilla warfare
C
unfair taxes
D
religious traditions
5) Why did the First Continental Congress meet?
A
Apologize for the Boston Tea Party
B
Petition the king regarding unfair treatment
C
Declare their freedom
D
Sue the King
6) What were people that were loyal to the king called?
A
Patriots / Tories
B
Loyalists / Tories
C
Loyalists / Patriots
D
Tories / Englishmen
7) When was the first time that violence was used against the colonists?
A
Battle of Trenton
B
Concord
C
Lexington
D
Boston Massacre
8) Where were the first shots of the war fired?
A
Lexington and Concord
B
Washington DC
C
Boston
D
Philadelphia
9) What did the Writs of Assistance do?
A
Allow officers to search for smuggled goods
B
Forced colonists to pay a tax on paper goods
C
Forced colonists to house soldiers in their homes
D
Forced colonists to pay a tax on food
10) Which Act taxed all imported goods?
A
Sugar Act
B
Stamp Act
C
Quartering Act
D
Townshend Acts
11) What land did Britain receive in the Treaty of Paris at the end of the French and Indian War?
A
Louisiana
B
Canada
C
The land east of the Mississippi River
D
What is now Wisconsin
12) Which of these things were NOT part of the Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts?
A
They were not allowed to drink coffee
B
They were not allowed to have town meetinsg
C
Closed the port of Boston
D
Colonists were required to house soldiers in their homes
13) What area was being fought over during the French and Indian War?
A
Mississippi River
B
Canada
C
Ohio River Valley
D
The Great Lakes
14) What was the colonists last peaceful act to try to avoid war?
A
Writs of Assistance
B
Olive Branch Petition
C
Treaty of Paris
D
Treaty of Versailles
15) Which act said that England had the power to make all decisions for the colonies?
A
Proclamation Act
B
Townshend Acts
C
Declaratory Act
D
Quartering Act
16) What was Benjamin Franklin's plan to unit the colonies against the French called?
A
Declaration of Independence
B
Albany Plan of Union
C
Tories Petition
D
Writs of Assistance
17) What did the Writs of Assistance allow?
A
Officers could search for smuggled goods
B
The repeal of the Stamp Act.
C
Colonists to be paid for housing soldiers.
D
Colonists to buy tea again.
18) Which act was repealed? (removed, reversed, cancelled)
A
Sugar Act
B
Tea Act
C
Quartering Act
D
Stamp Act
19) What did the king enforce in order to avoid conflict with the Natives?
A
Declaratory Act
B
Proclamation Act
C
Quartering Act
D
Boston Massacre
20) What did the Stamp Act place a tax on?
A
shoes
B
newpapers
C
letters that were mailed
D
all printed pieces of paper
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