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Causes of the American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
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1
The Stamp Act taxed all legal and commerical _____.
ships
documents
tea
sugar
2
What year was The Stamp Act?
1767
1766
1765
3
In 1773, colonists board British ships in the Boston Harbor to do what?
smuggle sugar
tar and feather tax collectors
fight
throw tea overboard
4
The Stamp Act was after the Sugar Act
False
True
5
What was the boston massacre?
A time where everyone went crazy over tacos.
The killing of 5 colonists by the British soldiers.
The killing of 5 British soldiers within Boston.
When some of the people of Boston dumped tea in the harbor.
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As an act of punishment for the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament enacted the _______.
The Quartering Act
The Tea Act
The Coercive Act (Intolerable Acts)
Townshend Acts
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What was the purpose of the Sugar Act?
To ban sugar in the colonies.
To make sugar cheaper for the colonies,
To tax sugar in the colonies so the British got more money
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What did the Townshend Acts tax?
Clothing, newspapers, and gun powder
glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
Oil, shoes, lumber and gold
Lightbulbs, cigarettes, wine and books
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To protest the unfair laws, colontists began to _______ British goods.
find
boycott
sell
buy
10
Who started the Boston Massacre?
Colonists
British
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What did the Quartering Act do?
It divided the government into four parts
Forced colonists to tar and feather themselves
Forced the colonists to house English soldiers
Colonists were forced to pay quarters to the government
12
The 1st Continental Congress began training _________ to go to war.
tax collectors
militias
James Otis
King George III
13
In 1775, fighting broke out in Lexington.
False
True
14
In what year were the Townshend Acts passed?
1774
1775
1764
1767
15
Which event hapened in 1764?
The Boston Massacre
The Sugar Act
The Boston Tea Party
The Tea Act
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American colonists were angy that they had to ______.
boycott the British
pay taxes to the British Parliament
dump tea
feather and tar tax collectors
