2. Road to the Revolution By Ellen Schone EDU 610 – December 2009 This is a multi-media test. Click to advance. Select the “wrong” answer to experience media clips.

3. What was the Stamp Act? A.A Colonial play B.A tax on paper A B

4. Question 1, choice A Wrong. The Stamp Act was a tax on paper that King George made the Colonists pay to help him pay for the French and Indian War. Back

5. Question 1, choice B Congratulations!!! You are correct! Next Question

6. What English right did the Colonists feel had been taken away? A The right to representative government B The right to go back to England A B

7. Question 2, choice A Fantastic, you are correct!! Next

8. Question 2,choice B Incorrect. The Colonists felt that their right to a representative government had been taken away. This English right was granted by King James I to the first colonists in Jamestown in the Charters of the Virginia Company of London. Try Again

9. What was the army made up of the colonists fighting for freedom called? A The Continental Army B The Colonial Army B A

10. Question 3, choice A WAY TO GO!! Right answer!!! Next

11. Question 3, choice B Sorry, you are wrong. The army that fought for the freedom from English rule was called the Continental Army. Try Again

12. What was the nickname of the English army? A Musketeers B Redcoats A B

13. Question 4, choice A Think again! The nickname of the English army was the Redcoats, because they wore red coats into battle. Try Again

14. Question 4, choice B Great job!! Keep up the good work!! Next

15. Who spoke out against England by saying, “Give me liberty or give me death!”? A Thomas Jefferson B Patrick Henry A B

16. Question 5, choice A No! Patrick Henry spoke those words against English rule. Try Again

17. Question 5, choice B You are CORRECT!! Next

18. Who dumped the tea into Boston Harbor to rebel against the tax on tea by Great Britain? A Algonquian Indians B Colonists dressed as Indians A B

19. Question 6, choice A Not true!! It was colonists who dressed up as Indians who threw the tea into Boston Harbor to protest Britain’s tax on tea. Try Again

20. Question 6, choice B Winner, Winner, Winner!!!!! Next

21. What document declared the colonists free from England? A The Declaration of Independence B The Charters of the Virginia Company of London A B

22. Question 7, choice A Correct!! Next

23. Question 7, choice B Wrong answer. The Charters granted English rights to the colonists. The Declaration of Independence declared the colonists free from England. Hint: Independence is Freedom Back

24. What were the colonists who were loyal to England called? A Patriots B Loyalists A B

25. Question 8, choice A No, the colonists loyal to England were called Loyalists! Back

26. Question 8, choice B Excellent!! Kiss your brain!! Next

27. When was the Declaration of Independence signed? A January 1, 1776 B July 4, 1776 A B

28. Question 9, choice A Not correct! The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776! Back

29. Question 9, choice B Fantastic!! You are correct! Next

30. Because of the war with England, Virginia’s capital was moved to where? A Washington B Richmond A B

31. Question 10, choice A Wrong answer. Virginia’s capital was moved from Williamsburg to Richmond to be further away from English attack. Back

32. Question 10, choice B You are a winner! Next

33. Kiss Your Brain!! You deserve a pat on the back! Great Job!!! The end