Road to Revolution

Why did Britain create the Proclamation of 1763, stopping colonists from moving west?

• To be mean
• They didn't own the land
• They couldn't get there
• To avoid another costly war

Colonists disliked this law, which forced them to house British troops in the colonies.

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Quartering Act
• Tea Act

What phrase most accurately describes why many Patriots were upset?

• "The shot heard 'round the world" 
• "No taxation without representation"
• "No more taxes, we can't pay we can't pay them all"
• "Mo money, mo problems"

What company had complete control over the sale of tea after the Tea Act?

• Lipton
• English Tea Company
• British West India Company
• British East India Company

Why were the Intolerable Acts created?

• To create a tax on tobacco
• To get back at the Puritans
• To punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party
• To counteract the Stamp Act

He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston, also called the "mouth of the revolution."

• Thomas Paine
• Samuel Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Adams

Name the event: The Sons of Liberty in Boston opposed an act by destroying British property.

• Battles of Lexington and Concord 
• Boston Massacre
• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Boston Tea Party

The Continental Congress met in Philadelphia. Name one thing they did? 

• Created an army and appointed George Washington general 
• Created the plan for the Boston Tea Party
• Dressed as Native Americans to honor them
• Sailed to England to complain to the king

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson 
• John Adams 
• George Washington

Argued for independence at the Continental Congress; defended soldiers in the Boston Massacre.

• Samuel Adams
• George Washington 
• Benjamin Franklin
• John Adams