Causes of the Revolution

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Colonists no longer think of themselves as Englishman and begin to think of themselves as

Multiple Choice

England's war debt was huge, in modern money how much was it.

• 60,000

• 140,000,000

• 2000

• 160,000,000

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What act reserved the land west of the Appalachians for the

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What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

• Forbade colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Forbade colonists from living east of the Appalachian Mountains

• Forbade colonists from travelling along the Mississippi River

• Forbade colonists from trading with the British

Open Ended

Why did this anger the colonists?

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In 1764 Parliament passed the sugar act which placed taxes on _______ and _________ imported to the Colonies from the West Indies.

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The Stamp Act (1765) placed a tax on every newspaper, book, and legal documents in the British colonies. What description of the Stamp Act is written from the view point of a member of the British Parliament?

• Britain has the right to tax the colonists to repay debts made in their defense
• The Stamp Act is unfair since it was enacted without their consent
• The colonists should not be forced to pay a tax they strongly oppose
• The Stamp Act is likely to provoke a war between Britain & the Colonies 

Multiple Choice

The Stamp Act created great fury in the colonies because

• this was the first time that Parliament imposed a direct tax on the colonies
• it imposed massive duties on the colonies
• it took badly needed revenue away from colonial legislatures
• colonial legislatures had expressed opposition to it in advance

Multiple Choice

The Townshend acts taxed all of the following except

• paper

• glass

• rum

• lead

Multiple Choice

Who was the first man to die in the Boston Massacre

• Samuel Gray

• Crispus Attucks

• Patrick Carr

• Samuel Maverick

• James Caldwell

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Which event started the Boston Massacre?

• British soldiers fired on a crowd of angry colonists.

• Colonists attacked and killed British soldiers.

• Native Americans were attacked by land-seeking colonists.

• Colonists threw barrels of tea into Boston Harbor.

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What was thrown at soldiers to start the Boston Massacre?

• Manure
• Snowballs
• Paper
• Hay