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American Revolution Week 2 Review
American Revolution Week 2 Review
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What was the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists gathered in Boston to have a tea party to talk about Parliament.
The colonists had tea together on some British Ships.
Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor from British ships.
Colonists offered to pay for the tea if the Tea Act was repealed.
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The British dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. This event was called the Boston Tea Party.
False
True
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What were the Townshend Acts?
This tax required a stamp to be placed on all purchased paper goods.
These Acts placed a tax on tea and paper.
This Act put a tax on pencils.
These Acts placed a tax on lead, paint, and glass.
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The Boston Tea Party happened on December 16, 1773.
False
True
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How did the Boston Massacre bring the colonists closer to the American Revolution?
Colonists used this event to make the colonies more upset with the King.
Parliament repealed all taxes except the tax on tea to prove it's power.
The British soldiers wanted to show they they controlled the colonists.
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How did the Townshend Acts bring us closer to the American Revolution?
Colonists boycotted (chose to not buy) goods taxed by these acts.
Colonists smuggled (sneaked) the goods into the colonies.
The colonists colonists dumped the taxed goods into the Boston harbor.
Colonists wrote angry letters to Parliament about the Townshend Acts.
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What was the Stamp Act?
This Act placed taxes on stamps to send mail.
This act made the colonists pay for stamps.
The act had stamps placed on printed items to show a tax has been paid.
This Act placed taxes on printed paper: diplomas, newspapers, etc.
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Who participated in the Stamp Act?
Massachusetts
The British and Colonists and French
The British
The British Parliament and the colonists
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The Boston Massacre was a massacre, killing over 25 colonists.
True
False
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How did the Stamp Act lead us closer to the Revolution?
Colonists began harassing tax collectors making Britain mad.
Colonists were mad.
Colonists began boycotting (refusing to buy the stamps/printed goods)
Colonists felt it was unfair they didn't have a representative in England.
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The Stamp Act was placed on colonists in 1787.
False
True
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How did the Boston Tea Party lead us closer to the American Revolution?
In response to this event, the colonists sent an angry letter to the King.
The British were upset that they lost money from the tea being dumped.
The British placed new acts on Boston: the Intolerable Acts
This event led to some colonists being killed.
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What was the Boston Massacre?
This event happened in Philadelphia.
A shot was fired by a soldier in the crowd.
Colonists were throwing snowballs at the British.
An argument that broke out between a colonist and a British soldier.
