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Events Leading to the American Revolution
Events Leading to the American Revolution
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A review of the events leading up to the American Revolution.
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A group of British soldiers fired into a crowd of Bostonians, killing five
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Shooting
The Bloody Boston Affair
The Boston Atrocity
2
What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Alliance
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce
3
The French and Indian War was a result of France and Great Britain laying claim to which area?
Ohio River Valley
Great Plains
Southern Colonies
Appalachian Mountains
4
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 built up enormous debt.
Great Britain gained North American territory.
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The law that required the colonists to house and feed the British soldiers was called the
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Declaratory Act
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What did the Townshend Act (1767) tax?
Paper
Tea
All of the Above
Glass
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The colonists fought back against the Tea Act because
It taxed all paper goods in the colonies
5 colonists were killed in Boston
They really hated tea
It created a monopoly on tea in the colonies
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The Stamp Act:
Endorsed gambling to compensate for war expenses
Increased the price of postage stamps
Increased post routes across the colonies
Required colonists to purchase specially stamped paper
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This series of acts was passed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party
The Navigation Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Townshend Acts
The Sugar Act
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Why did the colonies develop a tradition of self/representative government?
King was preoccupied
All of the above
Salutary Neglect
Distance from England
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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
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Leader of the Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
John Adams
William Townsend
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Paul Revere's engraving could be considered propaganda because it
won people to his side of the argument
it had a dog in it
showed the British on the right
was very accurate
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The act of not purchasing items or services out of protest
Boycott
Repeal
Petition
Duty
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The British placed taxes on the American colonies because
The king was trying to fund a war with Mexico
The Americans were overtaxed to start with
They ran up a debt fighting in the French and Indian War
They are mean
16
The First Continental Congress:
Began organizing Militia
Agreed on an Embargo against Britain
All of the Above
Developed a list of Grievances
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How did the colonists respond to the Townshend Acts?
They blockaded Boston Harbor
They were happy to pay taxes in exchange for protection
They boycotted almost all British goods
They ignored it
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The Proclamation of 1763 was issued banning
British settlement east of the Appalachian Mountains.
The smuggling of tea into Native American territory.
The sale of furs east of the Mississippi River.
British settlement of west of the Appalachian Mountains
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This series of acts was the catalyst for colonists to call for the First Continental Congress
The Townshend Acts
The Declaratory Act
The Intolerable Acts
The Navigation Acts
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Which of the following was the most effective form of protest used by colonists?
Harassing officials
Writing petitions
Boycotting goods
Dumping tea into the harbor
21
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
22
The patriot group that organized protests against the British government was called
The Sons of Liberty
Gang
Sons of Anarchy
Patriot Mob
23
Direct tax that required colonists to pay for official seal on many paper products
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
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The Americans' response to the Sugar Act was to
shoot 5 soldiers in Boston
continue smuggling
pay the tax happily
start a war
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The American colonists objected to being taxed by the British Parliament because
They had no representation in Parliament
They were saving their money for recreational activities
They were generally a mean group of people
They were the most heavily taxed group in Great Britain
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Who became known as the first "martyr" of the American Revolution?
George Washington
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Crispus Attucks
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What monarch was reigning over Great Britain during the Pre-Revolution era?
King George III
King Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth
King Charles II
