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Revolutionary War

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  • Q1
    The laws that were put in place after the Boston Tea Party that closed the Boston Harbor, created martial law, and banned town meetings in Boston were called:
    The Intolerable Acts
    The Tea Act
    The Townsend Acts
    The Boston Acts
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  • Q2
    Colonists who were loyal to Great Britain and King George III were called:
    Loyalists
    Patriots
    American Indians
    Neutral citizens
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  • Q3
    Colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain were called:
    Patriots
    Sons of Liberty
    Neutral colonists
    Loyalists
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  • Q4
    Patriots use _________________ to convince colonists who were neutral about independence with Great Britain to join their side.
    Propaganda
    Schools
    Violence
    Tar and feathering
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  • Q5
    The act that gave more colonial land to France was called:
    The Tea Act
    The Quebec Act
    Proclamation of 1763
    The Townsend Acts
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  • Q6
    The first time that the delegates were sent from the colonies to meet as a unified force was called:
    The Albany Plan of Union
    Declaration of Independence
    The First Continental Congress
    The Second Continental Congress
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  • Q7
    The only colony that refused to send a delegate to the First Continental Congress was:
    New York
    Georgia
    Massachusetts
    Delaware
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  • Q8
    The colonists that became a leader during this time due to his involvement in writing the Declaration of Rights and Grievances was:
    John Adams
    George Washington
    Paul Revere
    Thomas Jefferson
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  • Q9
    The Declaration of Grievances decided all of the following EXCEPT:
    That America was now free and war would start
    That colonies would start training militias
    That the colonies would help each other if one was attacked
    The colonists would tell the King what they were upset about
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  • Q10
    The general of Boston that heard that militias were storing weapons in Concord and sent troops to destroy them was:
    General Ulysses S. Grant
    General George Washington
    General Thomas Gage
    General William Howe
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  • Q11
    The member of the Sons of Liberty that rode through Lexington to warn colonists that the British were marching was:
    Paul Revere
    George Washington
    John Hancock
    Thomas Jefferson
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  • Q12
    Paul Revere used lanterns at _________________________ to alert colonists that the British were marching to seize the weapons of the militia.
    The Old State House
    The North Bridge
    Feneuil Hall
    The Old North Church
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  • Q13
    Colonists who were ready to fight at a minute's notice were called:
    Minutemen
    Colonists
    Sons of Liberty
    Loyalists
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  • Q14
    The first direct battle between the Patriots and the Loyalists was in:
    Yorktown
    Lexington
    Concord
    Bunker Hill
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  • Q15
    Paul Revere was ____________________ before the Battle of Lexington and Concord started.
    arrested
    killed
    set free
    tarred and feathered
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  • Q16
    The Battle of Lexington and Concord ended at ___________________________
    The Lexington Depot
    The North Bridge
    The Boston Harbor
    The weaponry
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  • Q17
    "The shot heard 'round the world" was fired by:
    Patriot
    Redcoat
    Loyalist
    nobody knows
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  • Q18
    The Colonists fought differently than the British because:
    They had superior cannons muskets
    They had more soldiers
    They stood in straight lines firing by order
    They hid behind tress and tried to surprise attack
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  • Q19
    The _________________ won The Battle of Lexington and Concord
    Loyalists
    Patriots
    Colonists
    British
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  • Q20
    Even though the Patriots lost the Battle of Lexington and Concord...
    the amount of soldiers they had decreased
    their morale was very high
    they decided to stop fighting
    they didn't loose the battle
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