Why did the First Continental Congress meet?

to organize resistance to the Intolerable Acts

Why did colonists object to the Stamp Act?

They weren't represented in Parliament.

How did the French and Indian War create problems between England and the colonies?

the colonists refused to help pay the war debt

Why were the colonists angry over the Proclamation Line of 1763?

it stopped them from moving west

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Causes of the American Revolution

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1
Which of the following people is INCORRECTLY matched to the description?
John Adams - British officer
King George III - leader of England
Samuel Adams - leader of the Sons of Liberty
Paul Revere - midnight rider
2
Why did the First Continental Congress meet?
to create the Albany Plan of Union
punish the protesters
to organize resistance to the Intolerable Acts
to declare independence
3
Which of the following was a colonial response to the Tea Act?
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Stamp Act Congress
Intolerable Acts
4
Which colony did NOT send delegates to the First Continental Congress?
New Jersey
Virginia
Georgia
Delaware
5
Who was the King of England who passed all the taxes on the colonists?
John Adams
King Andrew II
Barack Obama
King George III
6
Which of the following is TRUE of the Proclamation line?
all of the above
It prevented colonists from settling west of Appalachians
It protected Native American land
It ended salutary neglect
7
How did the colonists respond to the Coercive Acts?
The agreed to stop importing all British goods.
All of the above..
They called them the Intolerable Acts
They called the First Continental Congress.
8
Which event caused anti-British feelings?
Boston Tea Party
boycotting British goods
First Continental Congress
Boston Massacre
9
What was the Purpose of the Committee of Correspondence?
all of the above
to spread information throughout the 13 colonies
to unite the colonies against England
to report on British actions
10
Why did colonists object to the Stamp Act?
The stamps were too expensive.
They weren't represented in Parliament.
The tax collectors were cheating them.
They thought the British should pay for the war.
11
What is the name of the law-making part of the English Government?
monarchy
House of Burgesses
Congress
Parliament
12
Which of the following is an economic type of protest used by the colonists?
all of the above
writing letters and signing petitions
tarring and feathering tax collectors
boycotting British goods
13
Which of the following is NOT true of the Tea Act?
was meant to encourage colonists to buy tea again
angered the colonists even more
cut colonial merchants out of the tea trade
it was a tax on tea
14
The Townshend Acts taxed all of the following EXCEPT:
paper
glass
tea
cotton
15
Why were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty organized?
to help collect taxes
to protest British policies
to help England beat the French
to protest the First Continental Congress
16
How did the French and Indian War create problems between England and the colonies?
all of the above
England thought the colonies helped the French
the colonists refused to help pay the war debt
England lost the war.
17
Why were the colonists angry over the Proclamation Line of 1763?
it gave land west of the Mississippi River to Spain
it stopped them from moving west
caused the colonists to fight with the natives
it removed British troops from Boston
18
Why were colonists so upset with the writs of assistance and the Quartering Act?
stopped the colonists from moving west
violated their rights
restricted religious freedom
it taxed goods they loved

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