Social Studies Week 19

Social Studies 19

Causes of the American Revolution Part 1

1. First problems

• French and Indian War 1754-1763 (cost money for army)

• A Royal Proclamation 1763 (no one can move west)

Cannot move left of line

Multiple Choice

True or False:

The French and Indian war lasted from 1754 to 1766

• true

• false

2. More Problems

• Quartering Act 1765 (house soldiers)

• Stamp Act 1765 (tax on paper)

• Townshend Acts 1767 (sent more soldiers)

Stamp act

Multiple Choice

Which act made people keep soldiers in their home?

• stamp act

• quartering act

• townshend act

Multiple Choice

What did the colonists have to buy in order to use paper goods?

• sticker

• tea

• feather pen

• stamp

3. Even more problems

• Boston Massacre 1770 (mob fight)

• Tea Act 1773 (only buy British tea)

• Boston Tea Party 1773

• Intolerable Acts 1774 (closed harbor so no business)

The Boston Harbor closed (Intolerable Acts) 1774

Multiple Select

What happened in 1773?

*pick 2 answers*

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Stamp Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Tea Act

4. Boston Tea Party

• In Boston, Massachusetts

• 1773

• colonists angry about tea tax

• Sons of Liberty dump 90,000 pounds of tea into ocean

• dressed like Native Americans

Boston Tea Party

Boston Tea Party- Sons of Liberty

Multiple Choice

What year did the Boston Tea Party happen?

• 1770

• 1773

• 1774

• 1772

Multiple Choice

How many pounds of tea was dumped into the ocean?

• 90,000

• 10,000

• 1,900

• 45,000

Multiple Choice

Who dumped the tea onto the ocean?

• The Native Americans

• The Loyalist rebellion

• The Patriot soldiers

• The Sons of Liberty