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Causes of the American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
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Why did the King put in to place the Proclamation of 1763?
to avoid war with the Mexicans
to punish the colonists
To avoid war with the british
to avoid war with the Native Americans
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Which group participated in the Boston Tea Party?
The Confederates
The Daughters of Liberty
The Loyalists
The Sons of Liberty
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Taxation without Representation means...
There are no direct taxes
There are no colonial representatives in British Parliament
there are no indirect taxes
There are no British representatives in the colonies
4
Which phrase best describes what lead to the American Revolution?
Trouble in the colonies
Taxation without Representation
"Join or Die"
"We'll part with our tea"
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What act gave the King the right to tax the colonists "in all cases whatsoever"?
Tha Intolerable Acts
The Declaratory Act
The Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
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What provoked the Sons of Liberty to dump tea in the harbor?
The tax on tea
The monopoly on tea by the East India Tea Company
Paul Revere's portrait of the Boston Massacre
increased smuggling of tea
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What is this a picture of?
The Boston Harbor
The Boston Herald
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
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What tax was placed on tea, lead, glass, and sugar?
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
Coercive Act
Tea Act
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Which of the following was a tax on all printed material?
Intolerable Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Tea Act
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What act was passed in an effort to force colonists to pay for tea dumped in the Boston Harbor?
The Writs of Assistance
The Quartering Act
The Coercive Act
The Tea Act
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Which group helped make the colonies less dependent on manufactured goods from England?
Daughters of Liberty
Anarcists
Loyalists
Sons of Liberty
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The Proclamation Act of 1763 prohibited the colonists from doing what?
Moving West of the Appalachian Mountains
Moving East of the Appalachian Mountains
protesting against England
organizing in groups
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What did the colonists do in response to the Intolerable Acts?
Held an election for a new King
Held the First Continental Congress
Protest
Boycott Patriot Goods
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What event caused the British to shut down the Boston Harbor?
The Boston Massacre
The Coercive Act
The Intolerable Act
The Boston Tea Party
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Why were the British taxing the Colonists?
They were greedy
They wanted to punish the colonists
They needed to pay off debts from the French and Indian War
They needed to pay off debts from dumping tea in the harbor
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Which act lowered the tax on molasses, sugar, and rum in an effort to reduce smuggling?
The Intolerable Act
The Stamp Act
The Sugar act
The Quartering Act
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The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts were a punishment in response to....
The Boston Massacre
The Stamp Act
Colonial boycotts
The Boston Tea Party
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Why were the taxes on sugar and tea reduced?
To increase smuggling
because tea and sugar are yummy
To reduce smuggling
To start making their own
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Who was the king or queen of England during the Revolutionary War?
King James II
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth
King George III
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What was the British act/law that required colonists to house soldiers?
The Townshend Act
The Tea Act
The Quartering Act
The Stamp Act
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What was the King's response to the Boston Tea Party?
The Tolerable Acts
The Tea Act
The Stamp Act
The Coercive Acts
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Who started the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
