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Pre American Revolution
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A review of the events leading up to the American Revolution.
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1
The Stamp Act:
Increased post routes across the colonies
Required colonists to purchase specially stamped paper
Increased the price of postage stamps
Endorsed gambling to compensate for war expenses
2
A group of British soldiers fired into a crowd of Bostonians, killing five
The Boston Massacre
The Bloody Boston Affair
The Boston Atrocity
The Boston Shooting
3
The American colonists objected to being taxed by the British Parliament because
They were the most heavily taxed group in Great Britain
They were generally a mean group of people
They were saving their money for recreational activities
They had no representation in Parliament
4
Direct tax that required colonists to pay for official seal on many paper products
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Sugar Act
Quartering Act
5
Who became known as the first "martyr" of the American Revolution?
George Washington
Crispus Attucks
Samuel Adams
John Adams
6
True or False: The Tea Act placed an additional duty on tea
False
True
7
Which of the following was NOT a result of the French and Indian War?
Native Americans were forced out of the Ohio River Valley.
Great Britain wanted to regain control of the colonies.
Great Britain gained North American territory.
Great Britain built up enormous debt.
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What did the Townshend Act (1767) tax?
Tea
Stamps
Sheds
Paper
9
Which of the following was the most effective form of protest used by colonists?
Harassing officials
Boycotting goods
Dumping tea into the harbor
Writing petitions
10
The British placed taxes on the American colonies because
They ran up a debt fighting in the French and Indian War
The Americans were overtaxed to start with
They are mean
The king was trying to fund a war with Mexico
11
Colonists disguised as Indians sneak into Boston Harbor, and dump 342 chests of tea
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Fiasco
The Tea Act
The Boston Tea Retaliation
12
The French and Indian War was a result of France and Great Britain laying claim to which area?
Appalachian Mountains
Great Plains
Ohio River Valley
Southern Colonies
13
How many people were killed in the Boston Massacre?
176
40
5
200
14
What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Alliance
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce
The Treaty of Paris
15
The act of not purchasing items or services out of protest
Petition
Duty
Boycott
Repeal
16
Which of the following was NOT a result of the intolerable acts
British officials would stand trial in Britain not Boston
Royal governor could ban town hall meetings
The port of Boston was closed
A higher tax placed on tea
17
The colonists fought back against the Tea Act because
5 colonists were killed in Boston
It created a monopoly on tea in the colonies
They really hated tea
It taxed all paper goods in the colonies
18
Parliament issued this act to say colonists had to obey the laws & pay the taxes it created
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
The Declaratory Act
The Quartering Act
19
The Americans' response to the Sugar Act was to
continue smuggling
shoot 5 soldiers in Boston
start a war
pay the tax happily
20
This series of acts was passed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party
The Navigation Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Sugar Act
The Townshend Acts
21
How did the colonists respond to the Townshend Acts?
They ignored it
They blockaded Boston Harbor
They were happy to pay taxes in exchange for protection
They boycotted almost all British goods
22
The patriot group that organized protests against the British government was called
Sons of Anarchy
Patriot Mob
The Sons of Liberty
Gang
23
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued banning
British settlement of west of the Appalachian Mountains
The smuggling of tea into Native American territory.
British settlement east of the Appalachian Mountains.
The sale of furs east of the Mississippi River.
24
What monarch was reigning over Great Britain during the Pre-Revolution era?
Queen Elizabeth
King Henry VIII
King Charles II
King George III
25
Paul Revere's engraving could be considered propaganda because it
showed the British on the right
it had a dog in it
was very accurate
won people to his side of the argument
26
The law that required the colonists to house and feed the British soldiers was called the
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
Declaratory Act
Stamp Act
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This series of acts was the catalyst for colonists to call for the First Continental Congress
The Declaratory Act
The Navigation Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Townshend Acts
