Causes of the American Revolution

Question 1

Which colony is the furthest north?

Accepted Answer

Massachusetts

Question 2

Who was the King of Britain during the revolutionary war?

Accepted Answer

King George III

Question 3

What is another name for DUTIES?

Accepted Answer

taxes

Question 4

This group of women urged colonists to weave their own cloth and boycott British goods

Accepted Answer

Daughter's of liberty

Question 5

The man who called for resistance to British taxes and urged war with Britain is...

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

Question 6

What mountain range divided the colonies from the native land and British land?

Accepted Answer

Appalachian Mountains

Question 7

Which of these is NOT one of the 13 colonies?

Accepted Answer

Maine

Question 8

How many colonies showed up at the 1st Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 9

The Declaratory Act of 1776 did what?

Accepted Answer

Gave Parliament control of all laws

Question 10

Born in 1723, this man escaped as a slave and died in the Boston Massacre.

Accepted Answer

Crispus Attucks

Question 11

What is the law that required colonists to provide housing for British troops?

Accepted Answer

Quartering Act

Question 12

A secret society of men formed to oppose British policies.

Accepted Answer

Sons of Liberty

Question 13

What is another name for the British troops?

Accepted Answer

redcoats

Question 14

This law taxed molasses, sugar, and other goods shipped to the colonies.

Accepted Answer

Sugar Act

Question 15

The law requiring an official stamp showing tax had been paid is called what?

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 16

This act proposed taxes on paper,tea, etc...and allowed the issue of writs of assistance

Accepted Answer

Townshend Act

Question 17

Who said, "We will destroy every soldier that dare put his foot on the shore..."

Accepted Answer

Samuel Adams

Question 18

During the Boston Massacre, how many rioters were killed?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 19

Which act occurred when the British closed down the Boston Harbor until all the tea was paid

Accepted Answer

Intolerable

Question 20

What is another term for WRITS OF ASSISTANCE?

Accepted Answer

search warrant

Question 21

Who was the commander of the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

General Thomas Gage

Question 22

What is one reason why the colonists wanted to travel west?

Accepted Answer

To find farmland

Question 23

What do you call the line that colonists couldn't cross to go west in 1763?

Accepted Answer

Proclamation Line

Causes of the American Revolution

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