Causes of American Revolutioon Social Studies

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The main source of income for France in the New World was the fur trade.

• True

• False

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When and where did the French and Indian War begin?

• The war started in 1776 in New England

• The war started in 1754 in New England

• The War started in 1754 in the Ohio River Valley

• The war started in 1776 in the Ohio River Valley

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Who was the young military leader from Virginia who fought in the French and Indian war?

• William Pitt
• Edward Braddock
• King George II
• George Washington 

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The Albany Plan of Union was important because...

• It represented all the colonies

• The flag was shaped like the coast line

• It started the French and Indian War

• It was the first time that the colonists tried to unite

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Who wrote the Albany Plan of Union?

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• William Pitt

• King George III

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The symbolism of the Join or Die flag is seen in the shape and pieces of the snake.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What law that forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act
• Navigation Act

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What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

Multiple Choice

What was stated in the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists were banned from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• Colonists were encouraged to begin settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
• The Proclamation ended the French and Indian War. 
• The Proclamation proclaimed independence for the American colonists. 

Multiple Choice

Who Organized the Boston tea Party?

• All the colonists
• Sons of liberty
• The British
• Mr. Macias class

Multiple Choice

Who was the King during the American Revolution?

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

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What was the common slogan used in the Colonies?

• "Give me liberty or Give me death"
• "No Taxation without Representation"
• "No Stamp Act, No Sugar Act"
• "Never eat spinach with a stranger"

Multiple Choice

Who Founded the sons of Liberty?

• Benedict Arnold
• Christopher Gadson
• Samuel Adams
• Hercules Mulligan

Multiple Choice

2. Which event caused the British to raise taxes on American colonists?

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• Civil War

Multiple Choice

3. Which act was a tax on paper?

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Quartering Act

• Tea Act

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5. After Parliament repealed the Stamp Act what was it replaced with?

• Navigation Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

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8. Which of the following made King George most angry?

• Boston Massacre

• Smuggling

• Boston Tea party

• Boycotts

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9. How did the Intolerable Acts punish Boston?

• Closed the port of Boston

• Increased the tea tax

• Citizens could not elect local leaders

• Forbid town meetings without permission

• Newspapers were shut down

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11. What was the American slogan about taxes?

• Taxes are the worst!

• No taxation without representation!

• We won't pay! Hey no way!

• No representation. No intimidation.

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12. Why were colonists upset about being taxed?

• They thought taxes were evil.

• Taxes were illegal in the British empire.

• They weren't represented in Parliament.

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Who were the two Nations that fought in the French and Indian War?

• Indians and French
• Colonists and Britain
• Britain and Spain
• Britain and France

Multiple Choice

A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called

• Congress
• Sons of Liberty
• Parliament
• Loyalists

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In the 1770s, England made the American colonies pay many taxes. Some of these taxes were the sugar act, stamp act, and the tea act. What did the colonists do because of these taxes?

• The colonists started taxing British goods.
• The colonists decided to trade only with France.
• The colonists voted for a new king. 
• The colonists boycotted the taxes and held many protests. 

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Why were the colonists OUTRAGED about the Proclamation of 1763?

• It made them move west
• It created a religious divide in the colonies
• It stopped them from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
• It did not allow them to move east of the Atlantic Ocean

Multiple Choice

In 1753-1764, the _____________________ was fought between England and the French and it cost England a lot of money. 

• American Revolution 
• Battle of Trenton 
• French & Indian War
• Boston Tea Party

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King George III needed money to pay for the French and Indian War, so he decided to _____________ the colonies.

• yell

• tax

• go to war

• sell

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The ________________ was a meeting of leaders from the colonies to discuss problems with England in 1774. 

• The First Continental Congress
• The Boston Tea Party 
• The Second Continental Congress 
• Town Hall Meeting 

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The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and threw boxes of tea from a ship into the harbor during the _____________. 

• Congressional Meeting 
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• The Second Continental Congress

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The Quartering Act required colonists to provide _____________ and __________ for soldiers stationed in their town. 

• food & shelter
• food & clothing 
• Clothing & shelter
• Money & food

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In 1773, the King imposed a new tax on the colonists favorite drink. This was the ______________________.

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

• Boston Tea Party

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What important document was a result of the Second Continental Congress? 

• The Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• The Constitution 
• The ten commandents

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What law made it illegal for the colonists to live west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Proclamation of 1963
• Proclamation of 1973
• Proclamation of 1763
• Proclamation of 1873

Multiple Choice

Who is known as the first person killed in the fight for freedom?

• Phyllis Wheatley
• Crispus Attucks
• Ben Franklin
• Paul Revere

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What was it called when the colonists were forced to house British soldiers?

• Babysitting
• Quartering
• Hospitality
• Kidnapping

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Which significant outcome of the French and Indian War eventually led to the American Revolution?

• Britain placed its colonies under strict control and began taxing them to help pay for the war.
• Britain expected colonists to fight the war at their own expense and offered no reimbursement.
• The loss of colonial territory to the French made colonists lose faith in the British government.
• Britain did not offer aid to colonists during the war but still declared sovereignty over them.

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Great Britain was responsible for making the laws for the colonists, similar to our Congress. What was this group called? 

• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Congress
• Parliament

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In 1765, the Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act. The purpose of this act was to 

• get rid of colonists who were willing to support the king
• raise money by putting a tax on tea, sugar, and molasses
• get rid of French colonists in the Northern colonies
• raising money by passing a tax on newspapers and other paper products

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Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America.

• Treaty of Paris (1763)

• Treaty of Paris (1783)

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

Multiple Choice

Unalienable Rights are natural human rights, what are they according to the Declaration of Independence?

• peace, land and bread
• liberty, equality, and fraternity
• justice, tranquility and common defense
• life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

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This is the theory that the colonies exist for the economic benefit for the mother country.

• Stamp Act
• Mercantilism
• Free Enterprise
• Intolerable Acts

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What were the Writs of Assistance?

• Search warrants that allowed customs officials to search the colonial ships
• Rap Cd's
• Papers that they passed out
• Big ships that carried messages

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What was the punishment the British gave after the Tea Party?

• The Sugar Act
• Closing the Harbor
• Taking all of the tea away
• Attacking The colonies

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In response to the Tea Act, the colonists threw tea from the British ships into the Boston Harbor.  This event is known as:

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Riots
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Market

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What was the name of the meeting of colonial leaders where all the colonies agreed to boycott British goods and wrote a letter to the King voicing their complaints?

• Committees of Correspondence
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Revolutionary War
• First Continental Congress

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Why could the colonists not move West of the Appalachian mountains after the French and Indian war?

• To avoid conflicts with the French 
• To avoid conflicts with the British
• To avoid conflicts with the Natives
• To avoid conflicts with the British

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
- What document is this from?

• Proclamation of 1763
• Charter of 1732
• Declaration of Independence

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His engraving of the Boston Massacre is a great example of propaganda.

• Samuel Adams
• Paul Revere
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington

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What was the significance of Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense?

• It presented a convincing case for independence, using plain language.

• It counteracted the Great Awakening by arguing against religion.

• It clearly described how increased trade could benefit the colonies.

• It considered early arguments against using slave labor in America.

Multiple Choice

This cartoon was published by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. The cartoon encouraged

• States to ratify the new Constitution.

• Confederate states to organize a government.

• American colonies to unite in their efforts.

• Britain to establish more American Colonies.

Multiple Choice

series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Quartering Act

• Sugar Act

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Why did American colonists resent British taxes?

• American colonists were unhappy that the high taxes were keeping the nobility in luxury.

• Unlike American colonists, people who lived in Great Britain did not have to pay any duties .

• Americans did not elect representatives to Parliament as people who lived in Great Britain did.

• Great Britain did not offer the American colonists any protection from the French and the Indians.