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Causes of the American Revolution- ACCESS History
Causes of the American Revolution- ACCESS History
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Follows Lesson 4 in the ACCESS History book. (ELL)
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1
What happened at the Second Continental Congress?
Congress decided to separate from Britain.
The colonists dumped tea into the ocean.
British Redcoats shot at the colonists.
Thomas Jefferson was born.
2
Thomas Paine wrote a little book called
Common Sense.
He thought it made sense to ____.
stop drinking tea.
separate from England.
go back to England.
pay lots of taxes.
3
Which of these did Britain use to try to control the colonies?
Common Sense
Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party
The Declaration of Independence
4
A synonym for independence is:
protest
dependence
revolution
freedom
5
The colonists wanted a ________ government.
laws
Parliament
English
representative
6
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Minuteman Sam
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Deborah Sampson
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What are taxes?
representatives
protests
rules of a country
money you pay to the government
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What is a document?
an army
A war
a written paper
a soldier
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The Redcoats were
Native Americans
minutemen
students
British soldiers
10
Which was a CAUSE of the Boston Tea Party
Britain made colonists pay taxes on tea
The battles of Lexington and Concord
The colonists were getting ready for war
British soldiers were angry
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Unfair laws caused colonists to _______.
massacre
feel angry
be happy
be independent
12
Paul Revere was a Patriot who warned the colonists that ________.
the King was mad
the tea was bad
the minutemen were coming
the British were coming
13
Which of these ideas was written in the Declaration of Independence?
No one needs to pay taxes.
Governments get their power from the people.
All people are equal.
People should not own slaves.
14
Colonists who were ready to fight were called:
English people
settlers
Redcoats
Minutemen
15
5 colonists were killed in the
Boston Massacre
American Revolution
Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
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The EFFECT of the Boston Tea Party was...
Britain closed the Boston Harbor.
Colonists were angry at the king.
British Redcoats left Boston.
Colonists called themselves "Minutemen."
17
The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at _____________.
New York
Lexington and Concord
Boston and Philadelphia
Philadelphia
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Parliament made _____ that the colonists thought were unfair.
protests
laws
documents
colonies
