Understanding American Revolution Causes

Front

Which act required American colonists to provide housing and supplies to British soldiers?

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Quartering Act

Front

Which event was a direct response to the Tea Act imposed by the British Parliament?

Back

Boston Tea Party

Front

Which of the following best describes the main purpose of the Stamp Act? Options: To regulate trade between the colonies and other countries, To raise revenue by taxing printed materials in the colonies, To punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party, To provide land to Native Americans

Back

To raise revenue by taxing printed materials in the colonies

Front

What was the main reason colonists objected to the Townshend Acts?

Back

They imposed taxes without colonial representation

Front

Which phrase became a rallying cry for colonists opposed to British taxes? Options: "Give me liberty or give me death", "No taxation without representation", "E pluribus unum", "United we stand, divided we fall"

Back

"No taxation without representation"

Front

Which law closed Boston Harbor until the destroyed tea was paid for?

Back

Intolerable Acts

Front

What was the main goal of the First Continental Congress?

Back

To address colonial grievances and seek a peaceful solution

Front

Which British policy prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Back

Proclamation of 1763

Front

Which of the following best explains why the colonists viewed the writs of assistance as unfair?
Options:
They increased the price of tea,
They allowed British officials to search homes without specific warrants,
They forced colonists to join the British navy,
They banned town meetings

Back

They allowed British officials to search homes without specific warrants

Front

Which event directly resulted in the deaths of five colonists and increased tensions between Britain and the colonies?

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Boston Massacre