Steps to the Revolution

What act was the cause of the Boston Tea party?

• The Townshend act
• Tea Act
• Sugar Act

Who Organized the Boston tea Party?

• Colonists
• Sons of Liberty
• The British
• Loyalist

Who lead the 116 men into throwing the tea overboard?

• Samuel Adams
• John Adams
• George Washington 
• Ben Franklin

The colonists were upset about _____________ without representation.

• Tea
• revolution
• Parliament 
• taxation

What is a boycott?

• a citizen-led meeting to protest a law
• repealing a law because of protest
• a punishment in public
• refusal to buy a good or service

The Proclamation of 1763 would most likely have upset

• Native Americans living in the Southeast
• ship captains docked in London
• merchants living in Baltimore
• farmers living in western Pennsylvania

Why was the Boston Tea Party significant?

• It enabled colonial merchants to avoid the tax.
•  It was an insult to the British king.
• Prior to it, Native Americans had rarely been involved in anti-British struggles.
• The value of the tea lost was immense.

How did the Sons of Liberty use the Boston Massacre to promote their movement?

• They portrayed the British as the aggressors.
• They claimed that people died because of harsh taxes.
• They called for the boycott of British tea and sugar.
• They gathered members from the victim’s families.

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• legal documents
• inns
• farm animals
• imports

Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

• The colonists were wealthier than most British citizens.
• Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.
• The British wanted to punish the colonists for rebelling against the Proclamation.
• Britain needed money to protect the colonists from the French.