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The Proclamation of 1763 was an imaginary line at the top of the Appalachian Mountains used for what purpose?
a) meant to protect the natives and keep settlers from moving further west
b) raise taxes on those living on the frontier
c) start a new form of representative government
d) to push the natives into new lands

Britain imposed the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act and Quartering Act to help pay for what?
a) new naval ships
b) expansion into South America
c) French and Indian War
d) the war in Europe

No Taxation Without Representation meant what?
a) they wanted to choose the tax collectors
b) colonists boycotted taxes
c) taxes were illegal in the colonies
d) colonists deserved a vote in Parliament about matters concerning the colonies

What means to not buy a product from someone as a form of protest?
a) charter
b) renaissance
c) toleration
d) boycott

Crispus Attucks was killed in a protest that got out of hand and snowballs were thrown before 5 colonists were shot and killed during what incidence?
a) Boston Tea Party
b) Boston Massacre
c) Battle at Yorktown
d) Lobsterback attack

Boston Tea Party occurred when a group dressed as natives and dumped 342 tea chests off a ship and into the Harbor. Who was the group?
a) Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty
b) Independence fighters
c) actual natives
d) tax collectors

Intolerable Acts were passed to make the colonist pay for what?
a) revolutionary war
b) French and Indian War
c) the new government
d) tea dumped in the Boston Harbor

What was the official start to the Revolutionary War?
a) Boston Tea Party
b) Lexington and Concord
c) Boston Massacre
d) Proclamation of 1776

Who wrote the pamphlet that said that everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation from Britain? Pamphlet was called Common Sense.
a) Paul Revere
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Sam Adams
d) Thomas Paine

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, which was a break up letter with Britain. What was the main idea of the document?
a) Unalienable Rights
b) Free Speech
c) No taxation without representation
d) freedom of religion

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
a) 1620
b) 1787
c) 1763
d) 1776

Declaration of Independence listed Natural Rights, British Wrongs and our Independence. What was 1 British wrong?
a) not enough supplies sent to colonies
b) too many governors
c) limiting trade and taxing colonists
d) King was ignoring the colonies

Patrick Henry promoted the idea of what with his famous, Give me Liberty or give me death, quote?
a) higher taxes
b) Manifest Destiny
c) gun safety
d) war with Britain

George Washington, Sam Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin all have what in common?
a) they were signers of the Declaration of Independence
b) leaders of the American Revolution
c) members of the Sons of Liberty
d) loyalists who supported the King

Which of the following is the an economic policy used as a protest against Britain?
a) taxing the tea we sent to Britain
b) organizing a milita
c) propaganda used to influence people
d) boycott of British imports

What did the British do after the Boston Tea Party?
a) ignore the problem
b) arrest all the natives that were dumping the tea
c) leave Boston Harbor
d) Pass the Intolerable Acts

Who was the leader of the colonial Navy?
a) John Paul Jones
b) Davy Jones
c) Abraham LIncoln
d) Haym Saloman

Where did the colonial forces train to become a better fighting army?
a) Yorktown
b) Valley Forge
c) Bunker Hill
d) Boston

Saratoga was the turning point of the war and what happened to help the US Army?
a) better weather
b) supplies were stolen from the British
c) Washington became commander
d) France agreed to help

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