What is the Quartering Act?

colonists had to provide supplies/housing for British troops

What is the Declaratory Act?

said Parliament had supreme authority to govern the colonies

How is the Stamp Act different from the Sugar Act?

Sugar Act was Indirect tax/Stamp Act was a direct tax.

Why were the British heading to Lexington and Concord on April 18, 1775?

to seize the colonial supplies at Concord.

Why did Parliament pass the Stamp Act.

to raise money to pay the war debt.

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Causes of the American Revolution

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Review quiz to work with Chapter 6 Lessons 1 to 3 of Creating America. Review of the causes of the American Revolution

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1
What documents allowed British officials to search anyone's property anytime in the colonies?
Writs of Assistance
Stamp Act
Magna Carta
Declaration of Independence
2
What event was used by the colonists as propaganda to show the tyranny of the British?
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Boycotts
Battle of Quebec
3
What is the Quartering Act?
British soldiers only needed to pay a quarter for housing.
colonists had to provide supplies/housing for British troops
colonists could not leave their homes.
Colonists forced to pay a quarter for each document.
4
Why were 10,000 British troops sent to the colonies in 1773?
to fight the French and Indian War.
to enforce the Townshend Acts.
to enforce the Proclamation of 1763.
to secure the borders.
5
What step did the First Continental Congress take?
Called for peace with Great Britain.
Began forming militias.
Banned trade with France
Passed the Declaratory Act.
6
Which law limited the ability of the colonists to move west of the Appalachian mountains.
Stamp Act
French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Parliament
7
What is the Declaratory Act?
stated the colonies could make laws in their assemblies.
said Parliament had supreme authority to govern the colonies
Declared Britain the greatest nation on earth.
Declared the Angels the best team in baseball.
8
How is the Stamp Act different from the Sugar Act?
They were the same type of tax.
Sugar Act was Indirect tax/Stamp Act was a direct tax.
Stamp Act was an indirect tax/Sugar Act was a direct tax.
Sugar Act was a tax and Stamp Act was a fine.
9
Why were the British heading to Lexington and Concord on April 18, 1775?
To arrest John Adams
to seize the colonial supplies at Concord.
To fight the colonists.
to serve a search warrant.
10
Why did Parliament pass the Stamp Act.
to show the colonies they had control over them.
to raise money to pay the war debt.
to lower the price of stamps.
to open a post office.
11
What group staged protests against the various British Laws (Acts)?
Directioners
Tories
Loyalists
Sons of Liberty
12
How did colonists protest the Townshend Acts?
boycott.
they liked the law.
a bonfire.
a petition.
13
What are the people called who supported the British Crown?
Enlightenment Thinkers
War Hawks
Loyalist
Patriot
14
Who became famous for spreading the news of the British troop's movements?
Sam Adams
John Adams
Paul Revere
Colonel Prescot
15
The phrase "No taxation without representation" means the colonists were angry they didn't have
representatives in Congress.
representatives in Parliament.
representatives in the colonial assemblies.
a good reputation.

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