SS Test

Question 1

a group of angry British soldiers fired guns at defenseless colonist and killed 5 people on March 5, 1770

Answer 1

Boston Massacre

Question 2

a group of people who wrote to each other about local events

Answer 2

Committee of Correspondence

Question 3

a law that said the East India Company would be the only one allowed to sell tea to the colonies

Answer 3

Tea Act

Question 4

the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves and dumped all the tea from ships

Answer 4

Boston Tea Party

Question 5

The 4 laws made after the Boston Tea Party

Answer 5

Intolerable Act

Question 6

Intolerable Act Laws:

Answer 6

1. British Soldiers sent back
2. colonists food and house soldiers
3. Massachusetts’s was put under control of British General
4. The port of Boston was closed

Question 7

colonists who opposed british rule were called

Answer 7

patriots

Question 8

colonists who remained loyal to the king were known as

Answer 8

loyalists

Question 9

a meeting to discuss the intolerable act

Answer 9

First Continental Congress

Question 10

a volunteer army is called

Answer 10

militia

Question 11

the militia group called themselves _________ because they could be ready to fight very quickly.

Answer 11

minutemen

Question 12

a place in Massachusetts’s where the Boston Massacre happened

Answer 12

Boston

Question 13

the place where 12 leaders met to talk about the Intolerable Act

Answer 13

Philadelphia

Question 14

a place in Virginia where Patrick Henry made a famous speech “Liberty or Death”

Answer 14

Richmond

Question 15

a group of sailors who led a group to a protest

Answer 15

Crispus Attacks

Question 16

This person opposed British taxes and defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre

Answer 16

John Adams

Question 17

known as “express rider”

Answer 17

Paul Revere

Question 18

a British general who took control of Boston

Answer 18

Thomas Gage

Question 19

the man who represented Virginia in the First Continential Congress- voted to stop British taxes - fought in French and Indian War

Answer 19

George Washington

Question 20

What events brought Boston and Britain closer to war

Answer 20

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Intolerable Acts

Question 21

The goal of the Committees of Correspondence was to

Answer 21

share news quickly

Question 22

Cause: parliament passed the Tea Act

Answer 22

Effect: Boston Tea Party

Question 23

Cause: tensions rose between soldiers and colonists in Boston

Answer 23

Effect: Boston Massacre

Question 24

The ___________ required all colonists to pay tax on printed materials

Answer 24

stamp act

Question 25

Laws requiring a tax to be paid on imported goods

Answer 25

Townshend Acts

Question 26

A battle that took place on Breed's Hill- many British soldiers were lost

Answer 26

Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 27

The _________________ supported the boycott of imported goods by making tea from herbs and berries and weaving their own cloth

Answer 27

Daughters of Liberty

Question 28

Who accepted the position of commander for Continental Army

Answer 28

George Washington

Question 29

Common Sense was published and convinced many people that

Answer 29

it was time to declare independence

Question 30

Cause: congress decides to declare independence

Answer 30

Effect: Declaration of Independence is written

Question 31

What did Thomas Jefferson do to help with Declaration of Indpendence

Answer 31

wrote the words and helped come up with ideas

Question 32

Who published Common Sense

Answer 32

Thomas Paine

Question 33

Army of paid soldiers

Answer 33

Continental Army

Question 34

a written request for rights or benefits

Answer 34

petition

Question 35

Freedoms are

Answer 35

rights

Question 36

a crime of fighting against ones own country

Answer 36

treason

Question 37

what events marked the beginning of the American Revolution

Answer 37

- the shot heard around the world - the Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 38

How did Paul Revere warn the colonists

Answer 38

rode to concord and lexingtion to warn militias

Question 39

Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott were all

Answer 39

Express Riders

Question 40

John Hancock was a

Answer 40

patriot leader

Question 41

the war between the 13 colonies and Great Britain - the colonies were fighting for freedom

Answer 41

American Revolution