2G.1.1 Origins of the American Revolution, 1760–1776 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 18

The 20 questions

1. Which 1763 treaty ended the Seven Years' War and granted Britain French North America?

   • Treaty of Ghent
   • Treaty of Paris
   • Treaty of Utrecht
   • Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

2. What geographic boundary did the Proclamation of 1763 set for American colonial settlement?

   • Appalachian Mountains
   • Rocky Mountains
   • Ohio River
   • Mississippi River

3. Which 1765 Act imposed a direct tax on printed materials such as newspapers, legal documents and playing cards?

   • The Sugar Act
   • The Quebec Act
   • The Townshend Acts
   • The Stamp Act

4. Which slogan expressed colonial opposition to unrepresented British taxation in the 1760s?

   • Join or die
   • No taxation without representation
   • Freedom from Parliament
   • Liberty and property

5. Which 1767 Acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paper and tea?

   • The Coercive Acts
   • The Townshend Acts
   • The Stamp Acts
   • The Navigation Acts

6. How many colonists were killed by British soldiers in the 1770 Boston Massacre?

   • Fifty
   • Five
   • Ten
   • Twenty

7. Which 1773 British act prompted the protest known as the Boston Tea Party?

   • The Stamp Act
   • The Townshend Acts
   • The Sugar Act
   • The Tea Act

8. Which 1774 British acts were passed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party?

   • Declaratory Acts
   • Navigation Acts
   • Coercive Acts
   • Townshend Acts

9. Which 1774 Act extended the boundaries of Quebec and guaranteed its Catholic population the right to practise their religion?

   • The Quebec Act
   • The Stamp Act
   • The Declaratory Act
   • The Proclamation Act

10. Which body met in Philadelphia in September 1774 to coordinate colonial resistance to Britain?

    • Albany Congress
    • Stamp Act Congress
    • Second Continental Congress
    • First Continental Congress

11. Which pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published in January 1776, argued for American independence from Britain?

    • Letters from a Farmer
    • Common Sense
    • Poor Richard's Almanack
    • The Federalist Papers

12. Which British general commanded the troops in Boston in 1775 and was the military governor of Massachusetts?

    • General Howe
    • General Gage
    • General Burgoyne
    • General Cornwallis

13. Which April 1775 battles marked the start of the American Revolutionary War?

    • Lexington and Concord
    • Saratoga and Yorktown
    • Bunker Hill
    • Trenton and Princeton

14. Who was the principal author of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?

    • Samuel Adams
    • Benjamin Franklin
    • Thomas Jefferson
    • John Adams

15. What were colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the Revolution called?

    • Whigs
    • Patriots
    • Federalists
    • Loyalists

16. Which radical colonial group organised resistance to British taxes and the Boston Tea Party?

    • Loyalists
    • Minutemen
    • Tories
    • Sons of Liberty

17. Which policy principle was asserted by Parliament in 1766 to claim total authority over American colonies?

    • Quartering Act
    • Declaratory Act
    • Quebec Act
    • Stamp Act

18. Which Enlightenment philosopher's concept of natural rights heavily influenced the Declaration of Independence?

    • Thomas Hobbes
    • John Locke
    • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    • Voltaire

19. What geographical factor made it difficult for Britain to enforce colonial policies after 1763?

    • The Caribbean Sea
    • The Mississippi River
    • The Atlantic Ocean
    • The Appalachian Mountains

20. Who wrote the influential 1776 pamphlet Common Sense advocating American independence?

    • John Adams
    • Thomas Jefferson
    • Thomas Paine
    • Benjamin Franklin

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