The American Revolution

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$200: A tax on molasses and sugar was called:

a) The Molasses Act

b) The Sugar Actc) The Molasses

and Sugar Actd) The Julia Cibela

Act

$400: The Intolerable Acts Were:

a) Taxes on molasses and sugar

b) Taxes on imported glass, lead and paint

c) Used to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party

d) Taxes on printed material

$800: The Townshend Act posed:

a) Taxes on imported glass, paint, paper, tea and lead

b) A tax on sugar and molasses

c) A tax to enter the classroom

d) To punish the colonists for the Boston Massacre

$1000: Put these events in order: The Declaration of Independence, the Stamp Act, the French and Indian

War, Ethan Allen captures Fort Ticonderogaa) Ethan Allen captures Fort

Ticonderoga, the French and Indian War ,the Stamp Act, The Declaration of Independence

b) Ethan Allen captures Fort Ticonderoga , The Declaration of Independence, the Stamp Act, the French and Indian War

c) The French and Indian War ,The Stamp Act, Ethan Allen captures Fort Ticonderoga, The Declaration of Independence

d) The Declaration of Independence, the Stamp Act, the French and Indian War, Ethan Allen captures Fort Ticonderoga

$2000: What battle started the American Revolution?

a) The Battle of Concord

b) The Battle of Lexington

c) The Battle of Guadeloupe

d) The battle of Fort Niagara

$4000: What battle Ended the American Revolution?

a) The Battle of Saratoga

b) The Battle of Fort George

c) The Battle of the Bulge

d) The Battle of Yorktown

$8000: Why was the Battle of Saratoga so important?

a) The Germans lost and the British took control of the colonies

b) The Rebels won and convinced the French to support them with money and troops

c) It was the first battle in New York

d) It made New York famous because the British won

$16,000: Why was New York an important battleground in the American

Revolution?a) It separated British

troops so the Rebels could, “divide and conquer”

b) It had the most commerce in the colonies

c) The Statue of Liberty was at risk

d) New York had the most people

$32,000: What were the cause and effect of the Boston Massacre?

a) Cause: colonists with snowballs, effect: 7 men dead

b) Cause: British soldiers all over Boston, effect: 7 men dead

c) Cause: the Boston Tea Party, effect: a lot of tea in the harbor

d) Cause: the Quartering Act, effect: the Boston Harbor is closed

$64,000: The Commander and Chief of the Continental Army was:

a) Thomas Jefferson

b)George Washington

c) George Bushd) John Jay

$128,000: Who decided to help the Americans after Saratoga?

a) The French

b) The British

c) The Spanish

d) The Germans

$250,000: Who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown?

a) Burgoyne

b)Gates

c) Cornwallis

d)Hitler

$500,000: What 3 unalienable rights did the Declaration of Independence say we have?

a) Life, liberty and the pursuit of freedom

b) Life, love and the pursuit of happiness

c) Liberty, hope and freedom

d) Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

$1,000,000: What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

a) To outline the reasons the colonies wanted to separate from Britain

b) To start the American Revolution

c) To declare Britain a free country

d) To declare independent trading in the world