Causes of the American Revolution

The Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers shot and killed how many people?

• 10
• 24
• 5
• 16

True or False: The Quartering Act made it illegal to house soldiers.

• True
• False

Proclamation of 1763 stated there were to be no settlements beyond where?

• Blue Mountains
• Great Smoky Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains
• Colorado Mountains

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.

Which of the following was passed by the British government to tax everything made of paper in the colonies?

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

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 British tea. 
• Colonists bought tea from other countries. 
• Colonists started growing their own tea. 

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“

What did the Townshend Acts bring about? 

• direct taxes on legal documents
• indirect taxes on imported goods such as lead, paint, and glass, etc.
• relief from taxes on tea
• the closing of Boston Harbor

The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonial settlement west of a border that ran roughly along the 

• Great Lakes
• Atlantic Ocean
• St. Lawrence River
• Appalachian Mountains

As a result of the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed a series of laws designed to punish Boston and Massachusetts known as___

• the Navigation Acts
•  the Quartering Act
• Intolerable Acts
• the Stamp Act