High School Test Questions: Road to the American Revolution (11th Grade)

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 📜 The Stamp Act (1765): 🇬🇧 British Parliament imposed a direct tax on the colonies, requiring printed materials to be produced on stamped paper made in London. This sparked widespread protest.
• ☕ The Boston Tea Party (1773): 🌊 Colonists, disguised as Mohawk Indians, dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
• ⚔️ Intolerable Acts (1774): 😠 A series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party. They included the closing of Boston Harbor and the quartering of British troops.
• 🤝 First Continental Congress (1774): 🤔 Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts.
• 💥 Battles of Lexington and Concord (1775): 🐎 The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. "Shot heard 'round the world!"
• ✍️ Declaration of Independence (1776): 🇺🇸 Document declaring the 13 American colonies independent from Great Britain, primarily written by Thomas Jefferson.
• 🗽 Key Figures: 🌟 George Washington (Commander of the Continental Army), Thomas Jefferson (Author of the Declaration of Independence), Benjamin Franklin (Diplomat).

Practice Quiz

1. Which act imposed a direct tax on the American colonies, requiring printed materials to be produced on stamped paper made in London?
   1. A. Tea Act
   2. B. Stamp Act
   3. C. Townshend Acts
   4. D. Sugar Act
2. What event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor?
   1. A. Boston Massacre
   2. B. Boston Tea Party
   3. C. Stamp Act Congress
   4. D. Intolerable Acts
3. Which of the following was NOT part of the Intolerable Acts?
   1. A. Closing of Boston Harbor
   2. B. Quartering of British Troops
   3. C. The Tea Act
   4. D. Administration of Justice Act
4. In what city did the First Continental Congress meet?
   1. A. Boston
   2. B. New York
   3. C. Philadelphia
   4. D. Charleston
5. What battles are considered the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War?
   1. A. Saratoga and Yorktown
   2. B. Trenton and Princeton
   3. C. Lexington and Concord
   4. D. Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill
6. Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
   1. A. John Adams
   2. B. Thomas Jefferson
   3. C. Benjamin Franklin
   4. D. George Washington
7. Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
   1. A. Thomas Jefferson
   2. B. Benjamin Franklin
   3. C. George Washington
   4. D. John Adams