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Causes of the American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
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1
What event caused the British to shut down the Boston Harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
The Coercive Act
The Intolerable Act
2
At the Second Continental Congress, who was chosen to command the Continental Army?
George Washington
Samuel Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
3
What two groups divided the colonits?
Loyalists and British
Colonits and British
Loyalists and Colonits
Loyalists and Patriots
4
Which group participated in the Boston Tea Party?
The Confederates
The Daughters of Liberty
The Loyalists
The Sons of Liberty
5
What did the colonists do in response to the Intolerable Acts?
Held an election for a new King
Held the First Continental Congress
Boycott Patriot Goods
Protest
6
Who started the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
7
Which of the following was a tax on all printed material?
Tea Act
Intolerable Act
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
8
Which act was a small tax on molasses, sugar, and rum?
The Intolerable Act
The sugar act
The stamp act
The Quartering Act
9
What act was passed in an effort to force colonists to pay for tea dumped in the Boston Harbor?
The Townshend Act
The Writs of Assistance
The Intolerable/Coercive Acts
The Quartering Act
10
Taxation without Representation means...
There are no British representatives in the colonies
there are no indirect taxes
There are no colonial representatives in British Parliament
There are no direct taxes
11
Who were militiamen?
French military
Professionally trained military men
The King's personal military
Local men willing to fight if necessary
12
What was the British act/law that required colonists to house soldiers?
The Stamp Act
The Tea Act
The Quartering Act
The Townshend Act
13
Which did
NOT
happen at the First Continental Congress?
Agreed to peaceful terms with the British
called for the repeal of acts of Parliament
Called for the formation of Militias
voted to boycott British trade
14
How did Thomas Paine's pamplet,
Common Sense
, impact the colonists opinions?
It convinced the colonists it was common sense to separate from England
It convinced the colonists to fight the French
It convinced the British to grant representation to the colonies
It conviced the colonists to stay loyal to the British
15
What is this a picture of?
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Harbor
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Herald
16
The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts were a punishment in response to....
The Boston Tea Party
Colonial boycotts
The Stamp Act
The Boston Massacre
17
Why were the British taxing the Colonists?
They wanted to punish the colonists
To pay off debt from the French and Indian War
They were greedy and thought the colonists were inferior
To pay off debts from dumping tea in the harbor
18
Why did the King issue the Proclamation of 1763?
to keep authority over the colonists and avoid war with Native Americans
To avoid war with the british
to avoid war with the Mexicans
to punish the colonists
19
What tax was placed on paper, lead, glass, and tea?
Townshend Act
Sugar Act
Coercive Act
Tea Act
20
The writs of assistance...
allowed British soldiers to search & seize possessions
forbid the colonists to write negatively about the king
allowed the colonists to write what they want
allowed colonists to search & seize possessions
21
Why was this image of the Boston Massacre a form of propaganda?
It manipulated colonists' thinking about what happened
It was not propaganda
It was a true account of the event
it was a picture from a story about the king
22
What provoked the Sons of Liberty to dump tea in the harbor?
increased smuggling of tea
The increased tax on tea
Paul Revere's portrait of the Boston Massacre
The monopoly on tea (tea act)
23
Which phrase best describes what lead to war with Britain?
No Taxation without Representation
"We'll part with our tea"
Trouble in the colonies
"Join or Die"
24
The Proclamation Act of 1763 prohibited the colonists from doing what?
organizing in groups
Moving East of the Appalachian Mountains
Moving West of the Appalachian Mountains
protesting against England
25
How did colonists begin to see themselves?
united with the British
citizens of individual colonies
united with other colonists
dependent on the king
26
Why would Native Americans support the British instead of the Colonists?
Natives hated the colonits after the French & Indian war
Colonists promised teh Natives they could keep their land
The Natives knew the colonits would be defeated
The British promised Natives they could keep their land
27
Why is this image considered propaganda?
It is a biased account made up to manipulate the colonists
It is an accurate account made to manipulate the King
It's not propaganda
It is an accurate account what happened
28
What did the colonists do in response to the stamp act?
Chant out in protest
protest sugar
dumped tea in the harbor
Boycott British goods
29
The first battle of the Revolutionary War was....
The battle of The Ohio River Valley
The battle of the Tipacanoe
The battle of bunker hill
the battle of Lexington and Concord
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What was the King's response to the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolderable/Coercive Acts
The Stamp Act
The totally tolerable Act
The Tea Act
