Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - How Well Do You Know Sam Adams and Paul Revere?

1. From whom did the Sons of Liberty get their name?

John Locke

John Barre

Sam Adams

Paul Revere

George Washington

2. British soldiers were ordered to Boston in order to enforce which tax measure?

Tea Act

Sugar Act

Stamp Act

Townshend Act

Tobacco Act

3. Nearly ten thousand British troops remained in America after what war?

Spanish American War

Mexican American War

War of 1812

Napoleonic War

French and Indian War

4. Where did the Sons of Liberty meet in Boston?

Liberty Bell

Lady Liberty

Liberty Tree

Maypole

Mayflower

5. Sam Adams held what job for nine years?

Candy maker

Midshipman

Rum runner

Tax collector

Eulogist

6. Who is credited with the writing the rallying cry of the Sons of Liberty and American patriots in general, "Taxation without representation is tyranny"?

James Otis

Paul Revere

Sam Adams

John Adams

John Hancock

7. The Sons of Liberty used the Boston Massacre of 1770 to advocate for the removal of British troops. Which famous patriot made one of the most popular engravings of the incident?

Samuel Adams

John Hancock

Robert Morris

James Otis

Paul Revere

8. Sam Adams, a key organizer of the Sons of Liberty, coordinated what famous act of rebellion in 1773?

Lexington Massacre

Boston Tea Party

Boston Massacre

Minute Man Rally

Bunker Hill

9. Paul Revere rode at midnight to what city to warn of the coming British troops?

Lexington

Boston

Springfield

Philadelphia

Portland

10. A boycott to the Coercive Acts was proposed by the Sons of Liberty in 1774 which led to the first what being called?

Parliament

Senate

House of Representatives

House of Lords

Continental Congress