American Revolution

American Revolution

Was the American Revolution Avoidable?

Open Ended

How can conflict be avoided?

Open Ended

What do you already know about the events that led to the American Revolutionary War?

Multiple Choice

Of all of the below cities, which was the most active in protests against British authority in the years before the Revolution?

• New York City

• Quebec

• Boston

• Phladelphia

Multiple Choice

Most historians view the above image, published immediately after the Boston Massacre by Paul Revere and circulated throughout the colonies as:

• A trustworthy, factual representation of the event, made by someone who witnessed the event personally and quickly recorded the details.

• A piece of anti-British propaganda meant to whip up anti-British sentiment. #fakenews1770

• A piece of anti-colonial propaganda meant to whip up loyalists' anger against the patriots. #fakenews1770

• A useful perspective on the events from a non-biased, neutral person.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is most direct cause of the British applying the Stamp Act to the colonies?

• It was a punishment for the Boston Tea Party

• It was a punishment for earlier poor treatment of tax collectors

• It was intended to raise money to pay off debts from the French and Indian War

• It was intended to replace the failed Sugar Act

Multiple Choice

These acts were passed by British Parliament in
order to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea
Party

• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act

Multiple Choice

The law that said the American colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains due to conflict with the Native Americans

• Proclamation of 1754

• Stamp Act

• Indian Lands Proclamation

• Proclamation of 1763

Multiple Choice

The incident where American colonists engaged in conflict with British soldiers on King Street, and British soldiers shot & killed 5 American colonists

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Battle at Lexington
• Boston Red Sox

Multiple Choice

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• Sugar
• Animal furs
• Paper products
• Glass