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The Causes of the American Revolution
The Causes of the American Revolution
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8th Grade US History
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1
Why did colonists organize the Stamp Act Congress?
to determine how much stamps would cost
Protest Kings rule
Importation of british goods
Protest the british taxation
2
The Stamp Act of 1765...
required colonists to stamp every document
taxed Indians for guns
taxed colonists for printed goods
taxed colonists when they used a stamp
3
The Sons of Liberty were organized to oppose British taxes and protect the colonists rights,
True
False
Maybe
Possibly
4
Throwing British tea into the Boston Harbor would be an act of?
Smuggling
Violence
Rioting
Civil Disobedience
5
The British won the French and Indian War with the help of...?
Native Americans
Colonists
King George III
Spaniards
6
This image...
was created by Paul Revere
was used to prosecute the British soldiers
is the cover for a new video game
shows the Boston Tea Party
7
The proclamation of 1763 stated...
Colonists couldn't settle East of the Appalachian moountains
Colonists will be taxed on paper products
Colonists couldn't settle West of the Appalachian mountains
Colonists must give British soldiers food and housing
8
All except which colony did not send delegates to the first Continental Congress?
Texas
Georgia
Maine
Virginia
9
The Sons of Liberty tossed _____ crates of _____ into the Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773.
342, Coffee
342, Tea
432, Sugar
234, Tea
10
Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing ...
The Tea Act
The Declaration of independence
The Intolerable Acts
The Coercive Acts
11
Who founded the Sons of Liberty?
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
John Adams
Samuel Adams
12
The Sugar Act of 1764 increased the tax on sugar exports.
False
True
13
Patriots responded to the Townshend Acts with protests known as...?
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Acts
Prohibition Act
Boston Tea Party
14
Which event in American History best represents propaganda being effectively used?
Boston Massacre
Treaty of Paris 1783
The French and Indian War
The Proclamation of 1763
15
What ended the French and Indian War?
Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Treaty of Ghent
16
Why did the Continental Congress first meet?
They used to supply and deliver paper
They were responding to the Coercive Act
They were hoping to write a new constitution
They wanted a break
17
What was enforced during the Sugar Act?
Tax on sugar/molasses
Tax on clothes
Tax on paper
Tax on tea
18
What were some of the rules for the Intolerable Acts?
Had to have permission for town meetings
All of the Above
They close the Boston port until the colonists paid for tea
Quartering Act
19
The Townshend Acts placed a tax on all of the following items except...
tea
paper
glass
candles
20
Who is considered the first American martyr to die during the revolution?
Alexander Hamilton
Haym Soloman
Marquis De Lafayette
Crispus Attucks
21
British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act after American Colonists...
told them it wasn't nice
paid their taxes and raised enough money to pay for the war
protested and boycotted British goods
sailed to Great Britain to negotiate
22
The __________ Acts required colonists to house and feed British soldiers.
Intolerable
Stamp
Townshend
Quartering
23
Political body established to represent American interests and challenge British control.
House of Representatives
Presidential Cabinet
Virginia House of Burgesses
First Continental Congress
24
Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen won't allow redcoats to stay in his home, this violates which act?
Housing Act
Quartering Act
Proclamation of 1763
Townshend Act
25
What did the Britain do to the colonists because of the French and Indian war?
gave them jobs
begin the triangle trade
Imposed taxes on them
Drafted all of the men in the next war
