Causes of the Revolutionary War

What did the group of patriots who protested King George's tyranny and called for a boycott of British goods call themselves?

• Justice League
• American Heroes
• Liberty Fighters
• Sons of Liberty

The protest that ended with 342 chests of tea dumped in Boston Harbor was called _________________.

• The Boston Massacre
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Boston Coffee Party
• The New York Tea Party

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What did the Quartering Act require the colonists to do?

• pay more money for sugar
• dump tea into the Boston Harbor
• provide housing for British soldiers
• pay a tax on all printed material

Who fought in the French and Indian War?

• French vs. Indians
• French and Indians vs. British
• British and Indians vs. French
• British vs. Indians

What problem did winning the French and Indian War cause for the British?

• They lost their land in America.
• They gained more land in America.
• They owed a lot of money.
• They lost all of their trade partners.

What happened in the Boston Massacre.

• Colonists killed King George.
• Colonists were killed by British soldiers.
• Colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor
• Boston Harbor was shutdown.

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Parliament is another name for _________________.

• British hair style
• British tea time
• British government
• Washington's government

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Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. This caused colonists to protest in the form of the Boston Tea Party. What was the Boston Tea Party?

• Colonists gave dinners to support the sale of the tea. 
• Colonists dressed as Indians destroyed the tea. 
• Colonists bought tea from other countries. 
• Colonists started growing their own tea. 

Colonists had no representation in Parliament, so the people cried, "______________!"

• "Help Us!"
• "Kill the King"
• "Go Dawgs!"
• "No taxation without representation!"

As King George and Parliament continued taxing the colonies unfairly, the colonists broke in to three different groups. What was the name of the colonists that supported the colonies breaking away from Britain and becoming an independent country?

• Loyalists
• Patriots
• Neutrals
• Colonists