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Causes of the American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
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A quiz over the events leading up to the first battle of the American Revolution.
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What was the direct effect of the Tea Act?
The Boston War
The Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Proclamation of 1763
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What was it that placed a tax on tea and allowed the East India Co. to sell in America?
Tea Act
The Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Act
3
King George III put what into place saying land west of the Appalachian Mtns. was for Indians.
Sugar Act
Proclamation of 1763
Land Act
Townshend Acts
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What were the Intolerable Acts?
a document stating the reasons the British were unbearable
a protest that happened in Boston
laws that made life difficult for the colonists
taxes on everything the colonists imported
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Who went to the British government and said the taxes were unfair?
Thomas Gage
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
Benjamin Franklin
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What was the Quartering Act? (The fourth Intolerable Act)
Ships couldn't go in or out of the port without permission
Had to have permission to hold meetings
The British were sent back to Britain to be tried for crimes
British soldiers could stay in American homes
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The Boston Tea Party upset the King so he did what?
Made the Intolerable Acts
Fought against the colonists in a Battle at Lexington
Made the Townshend Act
Made the Sugar Act
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Which act put a tax on any printed paper product such as newspapers and playing cards.
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
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Why did the Battle at Lexington break out?
The colonists were upset over taxes and decided to fight
Thomas Gage and the British heard that the colonists met
Thomas Gage died and it upset the King
Thomas Gage and the British heard the colonists had arms
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What is information that may be misleading to get others to think a certain way?
a lie
minutemen
Articles of Confederation
propaganda
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What was the Boston Massacre?
Angry protesting colonists attacked British soldiers
The French and Indians went to war
The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
Everyone in Boston was killed by a disease
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What was the French and Indian war fought over?
land
money
tea
taxes
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Why did King George III start making the colonists pay taxes on items?
to prove that he was in charge
to pay off debt from the French and Indian War
he wanted Great Britain to be the richest country
to pay for weapons for the military
14
Who was one of the five colonists who was killed during the Boston Massacre?
Paul Revere
Crispus Attucks
Samuel Adams
Thomas Gage
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Who depicted the Boston Massacre as the British attacking peaceful protesting colonists?
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Adams
Thomas Gage
Paul Revere
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What was the group of colonists who protested against taxation & the British government?
Sons of Liberty
Minutemen
Patriots
First Continental Congress
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What happened during the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty protested the Tea Act by refusing to buy tea
Son of Liberty dressed as Indians and drank tea on a ship
Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and dumped tea off ships
Sons of Liberty got together on a ship and had a tea party.
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The Townshend Act put a tax on what?
exports going to Britain like fur
it didn't put a tax on anything, it was a set of laws
paper products
imports like glass, lead, and tea
19
What happened at the Battle of Concord?
The colonists had a bigger force so British left
The colonists fought and lost to the British
The British and colonists both fought & decided on peace
The British defeated the colonists and claimed the land
20
The Townshend Act led to what?
The Boston Tea Party
The Sugar Act
The Boston Massacre
The Stamp Act
21
Who was the French and Indian War primarily between?
French and British
Americans and Indians
French and Americans
French and Indians
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What happened at the Battle of Lexington?
The colonists were outnumbered and retreated
The British were outnumbered and retreated
The colonists won against the British
The British decided to fight from behind trees and walls
