1. Which group of colonists organized and carried out the Boston Tea Party?
- A. The Sons of Liberty
- B. The British Parliament
- C. The First Continental Congress
- D. The Committee of Correspondence
2. During the Boston Tea Party, what specific item did the Sons of Liberty destroy?
- A. Tea
- B. British flags
- C. Tax documents
- D. The ship's sails
3. The Boston Tea Party was a direct colonial response to which British law?
- A. The Quartering Act
- B. The Stamp Act
- C. The Tea Act
- D. The Townshend Acts
4. What is the name of the event where colonists dumped British tea into a harbor to protest taxes?
- A. The Boston Massacre
- B. The Boston Tea Party
- C. The Stamp Act Congress
- D. The Intolerable Acts
5. Why were colonial tea sellers upset about the Tea Act of 1773?
- A. It made all tea illegal to sell in the colonies.
- B. It made it hard for them to compete with the low prices of a British company.
- C. It forced them to buy their tea only from Boston.
- D. It required them to ship their tea on British ships.
6. The first armed conflict of the American Revolution, often called "the shot heard 'round the world," took place in which town?
- A. Boston
- B. Concord
- C. Philadelphia
- D. Lexington
7. What was the outcome of the fighting in Concord?
- A. The British troops found all the hidden weapons
- B. The minutemen surrendered to the larger British force
- C. The colonists forced the British soldiers to retreat
- D. A truce was called and both sides went home
8. Which statement correctly describes the sequence of events on April 19, 1775?
- A. The battle at Concord occurred first, followed by the battle at Lexington.
- B. The British army first engaged the militia at Lexington and then marched to Concord.
- C. Paul Revere warned Concord first, which caused the British to attack Lexington instead.
- D. The colonial militia retreated from Lexington and Concord without a fight.
9. What was the main reason British soldiers marched from Boston toward Lexington and Concord in April 1775?
- A. To establish a new military fort farther inland
- B. To arrest key patriot leaders and seize colonial weapons
- C. To ask the colonists to sign a new peace treaty
- D. To protect the towns from a feared French attack
10. What important message did the colonial resistance at Lexington and Concord demonstrate to the British?
- A. The colonists had a larger and better-trained army
- B. The colonists were determined and willing to fight for their cause
- C. The colonists were poorly equipped and could be defeated easily
- D. The colonists' primary goal was to negotiate a peaceful solution