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Causes of the American Revolution
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Why is this image considered propaganda?
It is an accurate account made to manipulate the King
It is an inaccurate account made to manipulate the colonists
It is an accurate account what happened
It's not propaganda
2
The first battle of the Revolutionary War was....
The battle of the Tipacanoe
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battle of The Ohio River Valley
3
Which act lowered the tax on molasses, sugar, and rum in an effort to reduce smuggling?
The Quartering Act
The sugar act
The Intolerable Act
The stamp act
4
The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts were a punishment in response to....
The Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party
Colonial boycotts
The Boston Massacre
5
The first time the colonies finally united was at
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Albany Plan of Union
The First Continental Congress
6
Who created the following image?
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
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What event caused the British to shut down the Boston Harbor?
The Boston Massacre
The Coercive Act
The Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Act
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The Quartering Act is a(n)...
direct tax
fair tax
percentage of the tax paid
indirect tax
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What did the colonists do in response to the stamp act?
Chant out in protest
Boycott British goods
dumped tea in the harbor
protest sugar
10
What was the King's response to the colonists' request for self-governance?
The Declaratory Act
The Stamp Act
Tha Intolerable Acts
The Sugar Act
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What was the British act/law that required colonists to house soldiers?
The Tea Act
The Quartering Act
The Townshend Act
The Stamp Act
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What did the colonists do in response to the Intolerable Acts?
Held the First Continental Congress
Protest
Held an election for a new King
Boycott Patriot Goods
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Why were the British originally taxing the Colonists?
To pay off debts from dumping tea in the harbor
They wanted to punish the colonists
They were greedy and thought the colonists were inferior
To pay off debt from the French & Indian War
14
Why did the King issue the Proclamation of 1763?
to punish the colonists
To avoid war with the british
to avoid war with the Mexicans
to keep authority over the colonists
15
What was the King's response to the Boston Tea Party?
The Tea Act
The Coercive Acts
The totally tolerable Act
The Stamp Act
16
Which group participated in the Boston Tea Party?
The Daughters of Liberty
The Loyalists
The Sons of Liberty
The Confederates
17
Which phrase best describes what led to war with Britain?
"No Taxation without Representation"
"We'll part with our tea"
Trouble in the colonies
"Join or Die"
18
Who created the following image?
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
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How did the colonists respond to the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)?
The Boston Tea Party
The First Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress
The Boston Massacre
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The stamp act was a(n).....
indirect tax
direct tax
21
This image was created to represent what?
The Proclamation of 1763
The Albany Plan of Union
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
22
What gave customs officers the right to search citizens homes for smuggled goods?
The Writs of Assistance
The Stamp Act
The smuggling Act
The Declaratory Act
23
What act was passed in an effort to force colonists to pay for tea dumped in the Boston Harbor?
The Writs of Assistance
The Townshend Act
The Intolerable/Coercive Acts
The Quartering Act
24
Who started the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
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Why was this image of the Boston Massacre a form of propaganda?
It manipulated colonists' thinking about what happened
it was a picture from a story about the king
It was a true account of the event
It was not propaganda
26
The Proclamation Act of 1763 prohibited the colonists from doing what?
Moving West of the Appalachian Mountains
organizing in groups
protesting against England
Moving East of the Appalachian Mountains
27
No Taxation without Representation means...
There are no direct taxes
There are no British representatives in the colonies
There are no colonial representatives in British Parliament
there are no indirect taxes
28
Which group helped make the colonies less dependent on manufactured goods from England?
Sons of Liberty
Loyalists
Daughters of Liberty
Anarchists
29
What provoked the Sons of Liberty to dump tea in the harbor?
increased smuggling of tea
The monopoly on tea (Tea Act)
The increased tax on tea
Paul Revere's portrait of the Boston Massacre
30
Why was the tax on molasses (sugar act) reduced?
because tea and sugar are yummy
To start making their own molasses
hopes to reduce smuggling
hopes to increase smuggling
31
Which of the following was a tax on all printed material?
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Intolerable Act
Tea Act
32
What is this a picture of?
The Boston Harbor
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Herald
33
Who were militiamen?
French military
Professionally trained military men
Local men willing to fight if necessary
The King's personal military
34
The writs of assistance...
allowed colonists to search & seize possessions
allowed the colonists to write what they want
forbid the colonists to write negatively about the king
allowed British soldiers to search & seize possessions
35
What tax was placed on paper, lead, glass, and tea?
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Coercive Act
Townshend Act
