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What did the Proclamation of 1763 call for?
a) colonists could not move west across mountains
b) war
c) stop trade
d)

“ The shot heard around the world”, refers to what battle?
a) Saratoga
b) Lexington
c) Valley Forge
d)

What document marked the end of France as a power in North America by ending the French and Indian War?
a) Treaty of France
b) Treaty of Britain
c) Treaty of Paris
d)

Which act forced colonists to allow soldiers to live within their homes?
a) Sugar Act
b) Quartering Act
c) Navigation Act
d)

Why did the Stamp Act outrage the colonists?
a) taxation without representation
b) They never used paper
c) Stamps were heavy
d)

What did some colonists do to avoid taxes?
a) asked for more taxes
b) went to court
c) Smuggling
d)

What protest group led the Boston Tea Party?
a) Sons of Liberty
b) Daughters of Liberty
c) Loyalists
d)

How did Parliament react to the Boston Tea Party?
a) passed sugar act
b) Passed Intolerable acts
c) closed Britain
d)

Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of which English philosopher when writing the Declaration of Independence?
a) John Locke
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) John Winthorpe
d)

What was Thomas Paine’s opinion about the colonies and Great Britain?
a) Be loyal to Britain
b) Stay and be taxed more
c) Break away from england
d)

Who was a victim of the Boston Massacre?
a) John Hancock
b) Samuel Adams
c) Crispus Attucks
d)

Who wrote a pamphlet calling for a break from British rule?
a) Thomas Paine
b) Samuel Adams
c) Crispus Attucks
d)

Who was president of the Second Continental Congress and first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
a) John Hancock
b) Thomas Paine
c) Samuel Adams
d)

What war was responsible for the accumulation of debt for England?
a) WWII
b) WWI
c) French and Indian War
d)

Where did the Patriot forces endure a winter of terrible suffering?
a) Valley Forge
b) Saratoga
c) Yorktown
d)

Which battle of the American Revolution is considered the turning point battle?
a) Yorktown
b) Saratoga
c) Lexington
d)

Who was the volunteer from France who became Washington’s trusted aide and friend?
a) Marquis de Lafayette
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) James Madison
d)

The unalienable rights were included in what document?
a) Declaration of Independence
b) Magna Carta
c) Bill of rights
d)

What was the final battle of the American Revolution?
a) Yorktown
b) Lexington
c) Valley Forge
d)

What battle inspired the painting of the Delaware?
a) Saratoga
b) Trenton
c) Yorktown
d)

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