American Revolution
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- Q1Who were Patriots?American colonists who favored American independenceAmerican colonists who were loyal to BritainAmerican colonists who were neutral30s
- Q2Who won the French and Indian War?The Native AmericansThe BritishThe French30s
- Q3Why were colonists upset with the Proclamation of 1763?They were not able to move east of the Appalachian MountainsThey had to live in the same lands as the Native AmericansThey were not able to move west of the Appalachian Mountains30s
- Q4Which one is NOT another name for a Patriot?RebelWhigRoyalistSon of Liberty30s
- Q5What is one example of why people became Patriots?Colonists were afraid of being weak without EnglandColonists felt that they were subjects to England and should be loyalColonists were upset because of "taxation without representation"30s
- Q6Who was Crispus Attucks?a slave who worked as a spyFree black man who was the first person killed at the Boston MassacreLeader of the Continental Army30s
- Q7How did the British respond to the colonial protests of the Sugar Act?They repealed it and added the Stamp ActThey participated in the Tea PartyThey passed the Intolerable Acts30s
- Q8What was the Stamp Act?It was a tax on sugarIt was a tax on all printed materials where colonists had to buy a stamp to place on those documentsIt was a tax on paper, paint, lead and tea30s
- Q9How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?They punished the colonist with the Intolerable ActsThey punished the colonists with the Stamp ActThey did nothingThey punished the colonists with the Sugar Act30s
- Q10Who participated in the Boston Tea PartyPatriotsLoyalists30s
- Q11Who fired the first shot of the Revolutionary War?The BritishNo one knowsThe Patriots30s
- Q12Who rode to warn the colonists the British were coming to take their weapons?Paul RevereGeorge WashingtonBen FranklinJohn Adams30s
- Q13Who won the Battles of Lexington and Concord?The BritishThe AmericansThe French30s
- Q14How did the Americans fight against the British in the second Battle of Concord?They hid and waited for the British to leaveThey stood in straight lines and foughtThey shot at the British from behind buildings and trees30s
- Q15Why were the British upset when the got to Concord?The colonists set buildings on fireThe colonists had hid the stores of weaponsThe colonists were gone30s