The Revolutionary War

Why did England start taxing the colonies?

• Pay for the cost of a new navy.
• Build roads to the Ohio River Valley.
• Show colonists who was in charge.
• Pay off debts owed from the French and Indian War.

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• Sugar
• Animal furs
• Paper products
• Glass

What event took place in the early morning hours of March 5, 1770, causing the deaths of 5 colonists?

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Bicentennial
• Boston Marathon

What British law created new taxes on glass, tea, lead, and paper?

• Intolerable Acts
• Townshend Acts
• Proclamation Acts
• Shakespeare Acts

What Act was passed after the Boston Tea Party?

• Stamp Act
• Tea Act
• Sugar Act
• Intolerable Act

What caused Britain to tax the colonists?

• Debt from the French and Indian War
• They were poor
• The Boston Tea Party
• Proclimation of 1763

The Proclamation of 1763 made the colonists angry because

• The British taxed their tea.
• The Spanish started exploring the south.
• The British controlled the colonies and told the colonists what to do.
• They wanted more money from the British.

Which act was passed as a result of the Boston Tea Party?

• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Outrageous Acts

The Boston Massacre occurred because

• tension was so high between the French and the British soldiers
• tension was so high between the British soldiers and the colonists
• tension was high between the colonists and Native Americans
• tension was high between the loyalists and patriots

What is 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.