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Revolutionary Test
Question | Answer |
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Colonists protested the various “Acts” by doing what? | Boycotting, Writing Petitions, Forming Secret Groups, Violent Protests, Smuggling Goods |
What secret group did the colonist create, to protest? | Sons of Liberty |
What communication line helped the colonies stay in touch? | Committees of Correspondance |
What "line" were the colonists not allowed to cross? | Proclamation Line |
Who was considered the "first" casualty of the Revolutionary War? | Crispus Attucks |
What did colonists do to avoid being taxed? | Smuggle Stuff |
Who created a propaganda image of the "Boston Massacre" | Revere |
What company had a monopoly on tea? | British East India Company |
Why did the 1st Continental Congress meet? | Demand a repeal of the Coercive Acts, Declare the right to govern themselves, Call for a boycott of all British Goods, Training of the militia |
What towns did the Revolutionary War begin in? | Lexington and Concord |
What town did the Revolutionary War end near? | Yorktown |
What is another name for the Coercive Acts? | Intolerable Acts |
Worried about this threat, colonists partook in the Boston Tea Party. | A monopoly on tea |
What was Thomas Paine's pamphlet called? | Common Sense |
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
Who first signed the Declaration of Independence? | John Hancock |
Who first signed the Constitution? | George Washington |
What date was the Declaration of Independence signed on? | July 4, 1776 |
What was the first direct tax on the Colonists? | Stamp Act |
Which act sent British officials to England for trials? | Coercive Acts |
Which act taxed documents? | Stamp Act |
Which law did not require a warrant for searches? | Writs of Assistance |
Which law banned the importation of Rum | Sugar Act |
Who rode to Lexington and Concord? | Revere, Dawes, and Prescott |
Who was the King of England at this time? | King George |
Which country was an American ally during the war? | France |
Study the Strengths and Weaknesses | of the British and the Colonists |