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Causes of the American Revolution - by Nina Day
Causes of the American Revolution - by Nina Day
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Helping study for 8th Grade Social Studies
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1
The shot heard around the world
was the shot Alexander Hamilton fired
was the event that marks the start of the Revolutionary War
was the shot that killed King George III
was fired by the patriots at the colonists
2
The Patriots were loyal to the King of England
False
True
3
The colonists responded to the Sugar Act and Stamp Act by:
establishing the Sons of Liberty
all of the above
organizing boycotts
refusing to pay the taxes
4
After the Townshend Acts were passed,
the Sons of Liberty disbanded
the British soldiers left the colonies
Paul Revere wrote the Declaration of Independence
the tensions rose between Britain and the colonists
5
The American colonists opposed the Quartering Act because:
they resented housing British troops in their homes
all of the above
they resented paying taxes to feed and house the troops
they feared that the army would be used against them
6
The Stamp Act of 1765
restricted the colonists to east of the Appalachian Mountains
taxed the special paper that was required for all important documents
taxed postage stamps in England
meant that the colonists had to buy tea stamped in England
7
The crime of betraying your own country
loyalism
neutrality
treason
mercantilism
8
Great Britain won the French and Indian War. However:
it left them with great debt
the French kept control of Canada to the north of the colonies
they let the colonists govern themselves
they lost Boston to France
9
A militia is a group of British Soldiers
True
False
10
The nickname given to the British soldiers
The Sons of Liberty
The Redcoats
The Heroes of War
The Patriots
11
Import duties are taxes on special items brought into one country from another
True
False
12
The French and Indian War was a battle for:
Quebec
Lake Erie
The Appalachian mountains
The Ohio River Valley
13
Paul Revere was
a Patriot who rode to warn the colonists of British troops on the move
all of the above
a loyalist who fought for the freedom of speech
a patriot who died in the Boston Massacre
14
The correct order of events is:
The Boston Massacre, The Townshend Acts, The Boston Tea Party
The Townshend Acts, The Boston Tea Party, The Boston Massacre
The Townshend Acts, The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party, The Townshend Acts, The Boston Massacre
15
After the Boston Tea Party, the British responded by:
all of the above
sending more troops to the colonies
passing the Coercive Acts
closing Boston Harbor
16
A form of protest where people refuse to buy goods from a certain source
resolution
barricade
boycott
repeal
17
American colonists were opposed to housing British soldiers in their homes
True
False
18
340 chests of tea were thrown into Boston Harbor by the colonists
False
True
19
The correct order of events is:
The Sugar Act, The Intolerable Acts, The Quartering Act
The Quartering Acts, The Coercive Act, The Sugar Act
The Quartering Act, The Sugar Act, the Intolerable Acts
The Coercive Acts, The Sugar Act, The Quartering Act
20
How many original British colonies were in North America in 1732?
30
3
50
13
21
The spread of information intended to sway the reader's opinion
freedom of speech
revolution
mercantilism
propaganda
22
The Proclamation Line of 1763 forbid the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian mountains
True
False
23
The act that required colonists to pay for the feeding and sheltering of any British troops in their colony:
The Quartering Act
The Proclamation Line of 1763
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
24
In response to the Intolerable Acts of 1774:
The Redcoats formed the Sons of Liberty
The British passed the Townshend Acts
The colonists held the Continental Congress
King George III held the Boston Tea Party
25
If there were two lanterns lit in the North Church, it meant that the British had won the war
False
True
26
Hundreds of colonists dressed up as:
British soldiers and stormed the capital
British soldiers and threw tea into Boston Harbor
Native Americans and threw tea into Boston Harbor
Native Americans and marched to Lexington
27
King George III founded the Sons of Liberty
True
False
28
The Boston Tea Party
was the colonists' response to the Tea Act
was the colonists' response to the Boston Massacre
was Britain's response to the Tea Act
was Britain's response to the colonists' boycott
29
The Patriots had stockpiled weapons in the town of
Boston
Massachusetts
Concord
Lexington
30
The Sugar Act of 1764 made it easier to smuggle molasses into the colonies
False
True
31
The law(s) that placed import duties on lead, glass, paper, paint and tea
The Quartering Act
The Sugar Act
The Townshend Acts
The Stamp Act
32
The French and Indian War was between France and India
True
False
33
To cancel or take back a law or congressional act
renew
resolve
repeal
represent
34
Parliament enacted the Proclamation of 1763 because:
the colonists wanted to proclaim their allegiance to King George III
they wanted the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
they did not want war with the Native Americans west of the Appalachians
France and England went to war against Spain
35
The British admitted that they started firing first at the colonists in Boston
False
True
36
The event in which colonists threw snowballs at the British
The Boston Revolution
The Battle of Lexington
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party
37
The French had established a good relationship with the Native Americans
False
True
38
The Tea Act of 1773
helped the West Indian British Company
prevented the drinking of tea in the colonies
helped the British East India Tea Company
started the French and Indian War
39
The Coercive Acts and the Intolerable Acts were the same thing
False
True
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A group of American patriots in the North American colonies
The British Patriots
The Sons of Revolution
The Redcoats
The Sons of Liberty