Question 1

Why were the British soldiers stationed in the colonies after 1763?

Accepted Answer

to keep peace between the colonists and Native Americans

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to conduct searches of homes and businesses.

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to prevent unhappy colonists from starting a revolution

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to force the colonists to pay their taxes

Question 2

Why did British troops march from Boston into the countryside in April 1775?

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to arrest patriot leaders and destroy their ammunition and supplies

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to capture Paul Revere

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to break up the first continental congress

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to recover cannons rebel colonists had captured

Question 3

Why did parliament pass the Stamp Act?

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To raise money in the colonies to pay for the cost of defending them

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to put a tax on the colonists trade with foreign nations

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to stop the colonists from trading with foreign nations

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to stop the colonists from illegally smuggling goods

Question 4

Which member of the House of Burgesses called for resistance to the Stamp Act

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Patrick Henry

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Crispus Attucks

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Samuel Adams

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All of these

Question 5

on March 5, 1775, what fight broke out between British soldiers and dockworkers?

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The Boston Massacre

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Boston Tea Party

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Bunker Hill

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Lexington and Concord

Question 6

How was the Stamp Act different from the Sugar Act?

Accepted Answer

The Stamp Act taxed the colonists and the Sugar Act taxed trade

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olonists liked the Sugar Act but not the Stamp Act

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Stamp Act was passed by Parliament - Sugar Act by Colonies

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Parliament ended the Sugar Act but not the Stamp Act

Question 7

Who led opposition to the Townshend Acts?

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Samuel Adams

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John Adams

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Patrick Henry

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James Otis

Question 8

Who became famous for spreading the news of British troop movements?

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Paul Revere

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George Whitfield

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Jonathan Edwards

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All of these

Question 9

During the Revolutionary War, people who sided with the rebels were called

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patriots

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loyalists

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minutemen

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militia

Question 10

Who was the author of Common Sense?

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Thomas Paine

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Phylis Wheatley

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Benedict Arnold

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Richard Henry Lee

Question 11

In what two places did battles take place?

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Lexington and Concord

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Boston and Cambridge

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Sudbury River and Charles River

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Charleston and Boston

Question 12

Who was captured while spreading the alarm that the British were coming?

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Paul Revere

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Samuel Adams

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Benedict Arnold

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William Dawes

Question 13

Who avoided capture while spreading the news that the British were coming?

Accepted Answer

William Dawes

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Paul Revere

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Benedict Arnold

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Samuel Adams

Question 14

Which army advanced as far as Concord and then retreated all of the way back to Boston?

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British Army

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Patriots

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Sons of Liberty

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Confederate

Question 15

Who is trying to pull down the statue of King George III?

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Angry colonists

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British subjects

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French Mercenaries

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Loyalists

Question 16

Which direction was Paul Revere riding when he was captured?

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West

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East

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South

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North

Question 17

What does Thomas Jefferson say people have the right to do when government becomes destructive?

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the right to alter or abolish government

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the right to leave the country

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the right to petition the King

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the right to freedom of religion

Question 18

What is the basic distinction that Thomas Paine questions in this excerpt?

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the distinction between Kings and Subjects

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the distinction between male and female

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the distinction between animals and man

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the distinction between good and bad

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