The Road to Lexington and Concord Quiz
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- Q1What did the colonists call the hated Coercive Acts?Stamp ActsSecond ActsIntolerable ActsWrong Acts30s
- Q2What two villages outside of Boston were the scene of the first battles of the Revolutionary war between the British and the colonists?None of theseBoston and New YorkLilo and StitchLexington and Concord30s
- Q3What term was used to describe a colonist who resisted British tax laws?PatriotLoyalistminutemanmilitia30s
- Q4What were the groups of private citizens who pledged to defend their communities called?soldiersarmymilitialoyalists30s
- Q5What was the special name for citizen soldiers who were trained to be ready at a moment's notice?ConfederatesCavaliersMinutemenUnion30s
- Q6What group met in 1774 to uphold colonial rights in opposition to the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts?Daughters of Libertythe First Continental CongressBoston Tea PartySons of Liberty30s
- Q7Which Son of Liberty, along with William Dawes and Samuel Prescott, rode through the countryside to warn of the approaching British soldiers?Samuel AdamsJohn AdamsPaul RevereBen Franklin30s
- Q8Why were the Intolerable Acts so intolerable?they encouraged more countries to help them fight the BritishThey gave the British a reason to ignore the colonistsThey forced to colonists to think about more active military resistance to British policies.30s