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