Quiz on the Road to Revolution

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1 Which of the following was the reaction of the English government to the colonial protests against the Stamp Act?
Parliament sent troops to Boston.
Parliament repealed the Act.
Parliament ignored the colonial protests.
Parliament added additional taxes.

2 What law were the Bostonians protesting when soldiers fired on the mob in what is called the 'Boston Massacre?'
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts

3 Which of the following is the correct chronology?
Boston Massacre, Townshend Act, Stamp Act, Declaratory Act
Declaratory Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Boston Massacre
Declaratory Act, Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Townshend Act
Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Townshend Act, Boston Massacre

4 Which of the following is the correct chronology?
Stamp Act, Formation of Sons of Liberty, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts
Formation of Sons of Liberty, Intolerbable Acts, Stamp Act, Tea Act
Intolerbable Acts, Tea Act, Formation of Sons of Liberty, Stamp Act
Formation of Sons of Liberty, Stamp Act, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts

5 Which of the following is the correct chronology?
Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Declaration of Independence, Ticonderoga
Declaration of Independence, Ticonderoga, Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill
Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga, Declaration of Independence
Lexington and Concord, Ticonderoga, Bunker Hill, Declaration of Independence

6 Which of the following is the correct chronology?
Boston Tea Party, Tea Act, Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress, Intolerable Acts, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party
Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts

7 Which of the following was the reaction of the British Government to the Boston Tea Party?
Troops were sent into Lexington and Concord
The Intolerable Acts
They repealed the Tea Act
The Declaratory Acts

8 Which of the following was not part of the Intolerable Acts?
Closing the port of Boston
Increasing the powers of the governor
allowing British commanders to station troops in private homes
Increasing taxes on paint, wine and tea
Allowing the governor to ban town meetings

9 The colonists learned that their strongest weapong against unpopular British tax measures was
violent demonstrations.
tarring and feathering customs officials.
sending petitions to Parliament.
boycotting British goods.
writing editorials in the newspaper.

10 "Ye dark designing knaves, ye murderers, parricides? How dare you tread upon the earth, which had drunk in the blood of slaughtered innocents, shed by your wicked hands?" In this quote, John Hancock was referring to
the Intolerable Acts.
the Boston Tea Party.
the Boston Massacre.
the Stamp Act.

11 The Declaratory Act defined
Parliament's right to legislate colonial affairs
the rights of colonials
freedom of the press
the king's relationship to the colonies

12 The purpose of the Committees of Correspondence was to
let the British public know what the colonials were experiencing.
invite delegates to the First Continental Congress.
keep colonial intellectuals in contact with each other.
put British intellectuals in contact with American intellectuals.

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