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Causes of American Revolution
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Why did the Sons of Liberty throw tea off the ships into the Boston Harbor?
to declare independence
to protest the Stamp Act
to protest the Tea Act
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He took about 2 weeks to draft the Declaration of Independence. His name is...
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
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What is a common nickname for the British soldiers?
Indians
Sons of Liberty
Redcoats
Blue Coats
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Angry colonists dressed like Indians and threw tea in the Boston harbor during the...
French & Indian War
Continental Congress
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
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The law that said colonists had to buy stamps for printed documents, thus paying more taxes
The Tea Act
The Intolerable Acts
The Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
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What did the Declaration of Independence state?
Colonies wanted freedom from Britain
George Washington would be king
King George III was awesome
Freedom from France
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This man, a Son of Liberty, warned the troops at Lexington & Concord: "the British are coming"
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Revere
George Washington
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True or False: The first battles were The Battles of Lexington and Concord
True
False
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True or False: The Tea Act stated colonists had to buy tea from only one British tea company
False
True
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Parliament passed laws to punish the Bostonians for the tea destroyed. These Acts are called...
The Tea Act
The Stamp Act
The Battle of Lexington
The Intolerable Acts
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A law that states colonists had to provide food and housing to the Redcoats
The Tea Act
The Stamp Act
The Quartering Act
The Sugar Act
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Why did the Sons of Liberty meet at the 1st Continental Congress?
to start drinking coffee instead of tea
to write the Treaty of Paris
to complain about the lobsterbacks
due to the Intolerable Acts, they stopped trade w/ Britain
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What does 'intolerable' mean?
food & housing
awful, cruel, hard to live with
loyalists
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When colonists taunted British soldiers, a fight broke out and 5 people died. This is the...
French & Indian War
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
The Stamp Act
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This country helped the colonists win the French & Indian War
Russia
England
Philippines
France
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What was the effect of the French & Indian War on the British government?
They fought with Russia
They had a lot of debt
They were tired
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This document stated that all British troops would be removed from the colonies, now called USA
2nd Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Peace of Paris
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Colonists were angry at the British government for many reasons, most importantly...
They made them follow their religion
Taxation without representation
They didn't like the fashion
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Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
Donald Trump
Thomas Jefferson
Hillary Clinton
George Washington
