Causes of the American Revolution Part 2

Question 1

The colonists paid lower taxes on molasses because of the

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Sugar Act

Question 2

Colonists had their grievances/concerns shared throughout the colony with the help of the Committee of correspondence.

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True

Question 3

The Proclamation of 1763 called for

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a halt to westward expansion

Question 4

After the treaty was signed in 1763, the continent was divided between which two countries?

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Britain and Spain

Question 5

Sons of Liberty was organized by

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Samuel Adams

Question 6

Samuel Adams participated in the Boston Tea Party.

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True

Question 7

Writs of assistance enabled British customs officers to search

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home for smuggled goods

Question 8

Revenue is incoming money or profits

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True

Question 9

Crispus Attucks survived the Boston Massacre.

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False

Question 10

Goods being imported to the colonies were taxed by the

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Townshend Act

Question 11

King George III was the ruler of Britain who the some colonists felt he treated them unfairly.

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True

Question 12

Some colonists celebrated the dramatic act of defiance known as the

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Boston Tea Party

Question 13

Which act gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants?

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Tea Act

Question 14

The Boston Harbor was closed as a punishment under the

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Coercive Act

Question 15

When Britain learned that the colonies were on the brink of rebellion in 1768, Parliament responded by

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sending troops to Boston

Question 16

The Proclamation of 1763 angered wealthy speculators because they

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owned land west of the mountains.

Question 17

The colonial name for laws that banned town meetings in Massachusetts was

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Coercive Acts

Question 18

The Seven Years’ War was a war between

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France and Britain

Question 19

Which act ignored the colonial tradition of self-government?

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Declaratory Act

Question 20

Refusing to buy things is a form of protesting called boycotting.

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True

Question 21

What document marked the end of France as a power in North America?

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Treaty of Paris

Question 22

Anti-British feelings among the colonists grew more intense because of Paul Revere’s engraving of the

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Boston Massacre

Question 23

Which act did the Daughters of Liberty protest?

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Townshend Act

Question 24

The commander in chief of the British forces in America who was to drive the French out of America was

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Edward Braddock

Causes of the American Revolution Part 2

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