Road to the American Revolution

Question 1

What were the taxes placed on ALL imported goods called?

Accepted Answer

Townshend Acts

Question 2

What was the name of Britain’s law-making assembly?

Accepted Answer

Parliament

Question 3

What happened after the Townshend Acts?

Accepted Answer

Colonists organize a boycott

Question 4

Why was the first Continental Congress important?

Accepted Answer

First meeting of delegates from many colonies, Organized a boycott against British goods, Made the colonies feel connected and powerful

Question 5

What is the term that means refusal to buy goods?

Accepted Answer

boycott

Question 6

What were the taxes on all printed materials in the colonies called?

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 7

What was a result of the French and Indian War?

Accepted Answer

France no longer controlled land in America

Question 8

Who dressed up as Mohawks and dumped the British tea in the harbor?

Accepted Answer

Sons of Liberty

Question 9

What event did the British fire into a crowd of colonists and kill 5 people?

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre

Question 10

What were forced on the colonists to punish them for the Boston Tea Party?

Accepted Answer

Intolerable Acts

Question 11

Who sided with King George III?

Accepted Answer

Loyalists

Question 12

The Intolerable Acts were created as punishment for...

Accepted Answer

Boston Tea Party

Question 13

WHY were the colonists first taxed by the British parliament?

Accepted Answer

French and Indian War

Question 14

What happened after the Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

Tea Act

Question 15

Why were the colonists angry with the British Parliament?

Accepted Answer

they were upset because they had no say

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