Causes of the American Revolution/Major Acts

Question 1

How did the colonists feel about the taxes Parliament imposed on them?

Accepted Answer

they were angry

Question 2

What was the effect of the colonists' boycott of British tea and wool?

Accepted Answer

it hurt British business

Question 3

Colonists who were opposed to British rule were called ___.

Accepted Answer

Patriots

Question 4

The French and Indian War was a(n) ___ that led to the American Revolution.

Accepted Answer

cause

Question 5

Why did the British decide to tax the colonies?

Accepted Answer

Britain was in debt from the French and Indian War

Question 6

Redcoats were ___.

Accepted Answer

British soldiers

Question 7

Militia who were "ready in a minute's notice" called themselves ___.

Accepted Answer

minutemen

Question 8

Why did the British decide to repeal the Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

Stamp agents were too scared to sell the stamps to colonists

Question 9

What does it mean to boycott something?

Accepted Answer

to refuse to buy something

Question 10

Who died in the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

Crispus Attuks

Question 11

What was the colonial militia?

Accepted Answer

the volunteer army of the colonies

Question 12

An effect of the Boston Tea party was ___.

Accepted Answer

The Intolerable Acts

Question 13

Colonists were were loyal to the King's rule were called ___.

Accepted Answer

Loyalists

Question 14

The Sons of Liberty were ___.

Accepted Answer

Patriots for independence from Britain

Question 15

During the Boston Tea Party, colonists dressed as ___ and threw crates of tea into the water.

Accepted Answer

Mohawk Indians

Question 16

Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?

Accepted Answer

groups led protests & helped boycotts against the British

Question 17

Who was Phillis Wheatley?

Accepted Answer

All of the answer choices are correct

Question 18

What is Parliament?

Accepted Answer

Britain's law-making assembly

Question 19

Samuel Adams was a ___.

Accepted Answer

patriot

Question 20

The money a government collects from citizens to pay for services is a ___.

Accepted Answer

tax

Question 21

The Proclamation of 1763 said what?

Accepted Answer

Colonists couldn't cross the Appalachian Mountains

Question 22

What does this cartoon mean?

Accepted Answer

If the colonies join together they will defeat their enemies

Question 23

The Intolerable Acts were also called what?

Accepted Answer

Coercive Acts

Question 24

The 1765 act that taxed paper and printed goods in the colonies was ___.

Accepted Answer

The Stamp Act

Question 25

The Quartering Act of 1765 said that ___.

Accepted Answer

Colonists had to provide living quarters to British soldiers

Question 26

The Committees of Correspondence were formed to pass ___ throughout the colonies.

Accepted Answer

information

Question 27

The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was done to protest ___.

Accepted Answer

being forced to buy tea from the East India Tea Company

Question 28

What were Patrick Henry's most famous words?

Accepted Answer

"Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Question 29

What does the word repeal mean?

Accepted Answer

to cancel

Question 30

The Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, & Boston Massacre were some events that lead to the ___.

Accepted Answer

American Revolution

Causes of the American Revolution/Major Acts

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