A New Nation Week 2- Motivations for War

A New Nation Week 2- Motivations for War

Before completing this Quizziz, make sure that you have attended Monday's history class/watched the recording and watched the Zoom lesson from Padlet that was Monday's calendar assignment.

​Use the following slides from Monday's class to answer the upcoming questions.

Multiple Choice

Britain won this war, but it also left them in a lot of debt...

• French and Indian War

• American Revolution

• Civil War

• World War II

Multiple Choice

Who was the king of England at this time in history?

• King James

• King George III

• George Washington

• Queen Elizabeth

Multiple Choice

As a result of the debt they acquired during the French and Indian War, Great Britain....

• gave up the 13 colonies in order to save money

• bought slaves to work off the debt

• began to heavily tax the colonies to get out of debt

• ignored the debt

Multiple Choice

This required the colonists to pay a tax on all printed materials such as newspapers and cards.

• Townsend Acts

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

Multiple Choice

This was the rallying cry of the colonists in responses to Britain's taxes.

• "Go back where you came from!"

• "Taxes, taxes, we loathe you! Taxes, taxes make us blue!"

• "No taxation without representation!"

Multiple Choice

The Tea Act said that...

• colonists had to begin drinking coffee instead of tea.

• colonists would have to pay a a very large extra tax on tea.

• tea would no longer be brought to the colonies from Europe.

• the colonists could only buy tea from a certain company.

Multiple Choice

How did the colonists protest the Tea Act?

• A. The Boston Harbor was closed.

• B. Tea was no longer brought to America from Britain.

• C. The colonists were forced to pay for the destroyed tea.

• Both  A and C

Multiple Choice

This was formed by delegates from the colonies to address the problem of the Intolerable Acts.

• First Continental Congress

• Sons and Daughters of Liberty

• Colonial Legislature

• The Intolerable Committee

Multiple Choice

This first battle of the American Revolution started as a result of the Continental Congress.

• Lexington and Concord

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Cowpens

Multiple Choice

As a result of the Boston Tea Party, Britain passed the Intolerable Acts. As a result...

• A. The Boston Harbor was closed.

• B. The right to govern themselves was taken away from thovee Massachusetts colony.  

• C. The colonists were forced to pay for the destroyed tea.

• All of the above