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Causes of the American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
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How did boycotts of British products in the colonies hurt Britain?
Colonist bought more British goods
Britain removed their troops
French merchants lost money
British merchants lost money
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Why did the colonists not like the Proclamation Line of 1763?
wanted to trade with other contries
colonists wanted to expand west
feared more Indian attacks
wanted to expand east
3
As a result of the French and Indian war, who had the most land in N. America?
French
Colonists
British
Indians
4
Which is true about the Boston Massacre?
Colonists had better weapons than soldiers
British killed all of the colonist that night
British soldiers killed 5 colonists
There were more soldiers than colonists
5
Navigation Acts, Stamp Act, Boston Massacre led to
Civil War
French and Indian War
Pontiac's war
American Revolution
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Who dressed up like Indians and dumped out over 300 chests of tea in Boston Harbor?
Daughters of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
Crispus Attucks
Loyalists
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How did the Son's of Liberty use propaganda to get the colonists to not like the British?
dumped tea in harbor while dressed up like Indians
Wrote pamphlets and poems about the British
Sketched the Boston Massacre/looked like British fault
Tarred and feathered British officials
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Which geographic feature was the western boundary for colonists before the American Revolution?
Appalachian Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
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The purpose of the Navigation Acts was
To make money off the colonies
For the colonies to trade with the Native Americans
to strengthen the relationship of the colonies and Britian
For the colonies to make more money
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Colonists who wanted independence from Britain were called?
Loyalists
Militia
lobsters
Patriots
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What was the colonists reaction to these new policies Navigation act, Stamp act, and Tea Act?
welcomed these new policies
Colonists raised more taxes
protested completely without violence
many coloniest opposed these new policies
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Colonists who did not want to split with Britain were called?
Loyalists
Traitors
Patriots
Militia
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Sons of Liberty, Boston Tea Party, and First Continental Congress were all
Revolutionary Heros
American reactions
Parliament Actions
Colonial Laws
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The Intolerable Acts led to the Colonists.....
Creating the First Continental Congress
Creation of the Albany Plan of Union
Creation of the Sons of liberty
Creation of the League of Nations
15
First person killed in the Boston Massacre?
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Crispus Attucks
Mercy Otis Warren
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Which answer describes mercantilism
Colonies provided raw materials to Britain
Colonies had to buy British goods
All of these are correct
Certain colonial goods were only sold to Britain
17
The winner of the French and Indian war was?
French
Colonists
British
Indians
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The goal of the British colonial policies and taxes on the colonies was
self government for the colonists
encorage more people to move to colonies
promote colonies trading with other countries
To control the colonies trade
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Which item was taxed under the Stamp Act?
newspapers
books
tea
just stamps
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Why did the British start to tax the colonies?
Debt from the French and Indian War
Create government in the colonies
Debt from the American Revolution
Wanted to destroy the colonies
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Why did the colonists think that the British tax laws were unfair?
No representation in Parliament
Taxes were higher in the colonies than in Britain
The British government had more than enough money
Native Americans didn't have to pay taxes
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The Quartering Act said colonists had to do what?
House the king of England
House British soldiers
pay 1/4th of their income to the king
Give British all their quarters