Road to the Revoloution

Road to the Revoloution

Vocabulary

• independence - freedom

• protest - speak out against something, especially a law or rule

• intolerable - unacceptable

• delegate - a person authorized to act for another 

• militia - volunteer army

• timber - wood

• minutemen - specially trained and selected militia soldiers who were to be ready to fight “at a minute’s notice”

Multiple Choice

The Declaration of Independence says that life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are _________________, or freedoms

• rights

• choices

• independence

• morale

Multiple Choice

Freedom from control of a person or group

• petition
• independence
• declaration
• boycott

Multiple Choice

To refuse to buy a product or service is called a

• boycott.

• constitution.

• debt.

• revolution.

Multiple Choice

What is a militia?

• Militia is the name of Britain's law-making assembly.
• A militia is a tax on imported goods.
• A militia is a refusal to buy goods.
• A militia is a volunteer army.

Multiple Choice

What area were the British and French Empires fighting over in North America?

• The Appalachian Mountains

• Boston Harbor

• The Ohio River Valley

• Florida

Multiple Choice

Taxed sugar, coffee, dye, and wine.

• Stamp Act
• Boston Tea Party
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act

Multiple Choice

_______ forced colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies for British troops.

• Stamp Act
• Boston Tea Party
• Quartering Act
• Boston Massacre

Multiple Choice

_______ taxed all legal documents such as books, pamphlets, newspapers, and deck of cards

• Stamp Act
• Boston Tea Party
• Quartering Act
• Boston Massacre

Multiple Choice

_______ was when the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor.

• Tea Act
• Boston Tea Party
• Quartering Act
• Boston Massacre

Multiple Choice

______ were a group of men who boycotted British goods both peacefully and violently.

• Sons of Liberty
• Daughters of Liberty
• First Continental Congress
• Tax collectors

Multiple Choice

Trained soldiers that were prepared to fire at a minutes notice were which of the following?

• Redcoats
• British soldiers
• Minutemen
• None of the above

Multiple Choice

"No taxation without representation" means?

• Colonists shouldn't be taxed if they had no one representing them in Parliament
• The representative can tax me
• Seize weapons right away
• None of the above

Multiple Choice

The Tea Act did which of the following?

• Forced colonists to house troops
• Forced colonists to buy tea from a certain company and had a tax on tea also
• Taxed sugar, dye, coffee, and wine
• Punished the town of Boston for the Boston Tea Party

Multiple Choice

___________ was an agreement to forbid colonists from crossing over to the Appalachian Mountains.

• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act
• Proclamation of 1763

Multiple Choice

Samuel Adams is known for what part of the American Revolution?

• He fired the first shot at the Battles of Lexington and Concord
• He was the king of Great Britain during the American Revolution
• He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty
• He was a famous for the Boston Massacre engraving

Multiple Choice

Was the Boston Tea Party a part of the causes of the revolution?

• yes
• no
• maybe

Multiple Choice

Who was the King during the American Revolution?

• King Arthur
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• King George III

Multiple Choice

Where did The Boston Tea Party occur?

• England

• New York

• Boston

• North Carolina

Multiple Choice

What famous phrase did the colonists come up with?

• Ain't nobody got time for that

• No Taxation without Representation

• Free the people

• British people SMELL

Multiple Choice

The French and Indian War was very _______________ for the British.

• cheap

• expensive

• long

Multiple Choice

Who did the King feel should pay for the war?

• British

• colonists

• Spain

Multiple Choice

What happened to the Stamp Act?

• Parliament made it a new law.

• It was repealed.

• It was repealed but they brought it back.

Multiple Choice

Some of the colonists started working against the Stamp Act. They formed two groups. What were the groups?

• Moms of Liberty and Dads of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty and Sons of Liberty

• Aunts of Liberty and Uncles of Liberty

Multiple Choice

What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean?

• Colonists thought that everyone should be taxed except themselves

• Colonists though they shouldn't be taxed because they weren't represented in Parliament

• Colonists thought they were being picked on.

Multiple Choice

How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act?

• They were very happy. They organized parties to celebrate

• They were very angry. They organized parades to protest and attacked British tax collectors

• They were angry about it, but did nothing.

Multiple Choice

Some examples of items they had to pay taxes on were...

• Newspapers, contracts, pamphlets, court documents, and play cards

• Tea and bread

• Lead, paper, paint, tea, and glass

Multiple Choice

The Stamp Act forced colonists to pay a tax on

• paper

• wood

• wax

Multiple Choice

What is a tax?

• Money that the government gives to people.

• Money that people give for government services

• Money that people earn from working

Multiple Choice

Why did Parliament create the Stamp Act?

• The British Parliament wanted the colonists to pay for the costs of the French and Indian War

• The British Parliament wanted to build new cities and thought the colonists would like to help pay.

• The British Parliament was mad at the colonists for drinking too much tea.