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Events Leading Up to the Revolutionary War

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : American Revolution : Events Leading Up to the Revolutionary War

Introduction:
"Everybody knows about the Revolutionary War but do you know about all the events that caused the war?"


1. The Proclamation of 1763 prevented the colonists from doing what?
    All of the above
    Selling tobacco
    Moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
    Smuggling British goods


2. What did the French lose in the French and Indian War?
    Everything
    Their land in Canada
    They didn't lose
    Everything except Hispaniola


3. The Stamp Act taxed everyday items.
    True
    False


4. What Act taxed everyday items?
    Answer: (One word - An important man in Britain at the time)


5. During the Boston Tea Party, the colonists dressed up as what?
    Redcoats
    Indians
    Monsters
    They didn't dress up


6. Paul Revere made an accurate drawing of the Boston Massacre.
    True
    False


7. Which one of these people started the commitee of correspondence?
    John Adams
    Samuel Adams
    Paul Revere
    Patrick Henry


8. Which of these was NOT one of the Intolerable Acts?
    Boston Harbor was shut down
    British officials were tried in Britain instead of the colonies
    Town meetings forbidden in Boston
    They were not allowed to drink tea anymore


9. Which of these did NOT happen at the First Continental Congress?
    Decide to support Massachusetts as much as possible
    Decide to create a militia
    Decided to send men to Britain to declare war
    Decide to boycott British goods


10. Conducting mock hangings was a way of protesting Britain.
    True
    False


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