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4-3 American Revolution Unit Test
I. Circle the letter next to the correct answer.
1. What is the idea behind the Benjamin Franklin cartoon
pictured here?
2. After the French and Indian War, why did the British Parliament pass new laws?
3. What does it mean to boycott?
4. What was the name of the group that colonists formed to protest against British rule?
5.
What was the most significant factor that led the American colonists to form the First
Continental Congress in 1774?
6. What was the effect of the colonists’ boycott of British tea and wool?
7. What did the colonists’ cry, “No Taxation without Representation” mean?
8. Why did Parliament decide to repeal the Stamp Act?
9. After the Boston Tea Party, King George III and Parliament passed a series of laws.
Why did the colonists call these the Intolerable Acts?
10. Even though the Patriots lost the Battle of Bunker Hill, why did they consider it a
success?
11. In 1776, which document did the colonists write to tell England that they wanted to
be free from British rule?
12. Why did the British army march out of Boston to Lexington and Concord?
13. Why is the first shot of the American Revolution called the “shot heard round the
world”?
14. What advantages did the Americans have during the Revolutionary War?
15. What was the significance of the Battle of Saratoga?
16. Why was the battle of Cowpens an important turning point in the Revolutionary War?
17. Why did the Americans win the battle at Yorktown?
18. What was the result when the Americans and the British signed the Treaty of Paris?
19. Why did many enslaved African Americans join the Patriots in fighting the British?
20. How did the American Revolution affect the Native Americans?
1. Battle of Bunker Hill
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2. Sons of Liberty
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3. First Continental Congress
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4. Patriot
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5. Parliament
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6. militia
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7. American Revolution
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8. The Stamp Act
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9. Intolerable Acts
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10. Loyalist
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