Road to the Revolution

Which side believed that the colonies should be free from England?

• Loyalists
• Patriots

Which side decided to stay loyal to the King of England?

• Loyalists
• Patriots

Why did King George III pass the Stamp Act?

• He needed money for his palace.
• He needed money for the Revolutionary War.
• He needed money to pay the debt from the French & Indian War.
• He needed money to pay for the tea lost in the Boston Tea Party.

Why did the colonists dress up as Indians, board a British merchant ship, and throw the tea overboard?

• One of the merchants had been unkind to the colonists.
• They were upset that the king put a tax on tea.
• They had nothing better to do with their time.
• It was one of the battles of the Revolutionary War.

Why did the French & Indian War happen?

• The colonists were trying to get their freedom from England.
• The French & the Indians both wanted the Ohio Valley.
• The British & French both wanted the Ohio Valley.
• The Indians were upset about the Trail of Tears.

What caused the Boston Massacre?

• The colonists were upset that King George III sent British soldiers to Boston.
• British soldiers started shooting in the middle of the town.
• Colonists started shooting in the middle of the town.
• Colonists started throwing snowballs and making fun of a British soldier.

What was the result of the Stamp Act?

• The Boston Tea Party
• The colonists traveled to Parliament to discuss the act.
• The colonists protested it so much that the king repealed it.
• Paul Revere made his midnight ride.

What did King George III do after the Boston Tea Party?

• He passed the Stamp Act.
• The Battle of Lexington and Concord happened.
• He came over to the colonies and forced them to obey him.
• He passed the Intolerable Acts (also called the Coercive Acts).

What happened because of the French & Indian War?

• The French won.
• The French and the British decided to share the Ohio Valley.
• Even though England won, they were in huge debt.
• The colonists were allowed to move to the Ohio Valley.

What happened as a result of the Boston Massacre?

• Many colonists decided to become Patriots.
• Paul Revere began warning the colonists that the British were coming.
• It started the Revolutionary War.
• King George III repealed the tea tax.