Road to Revolution

A British soldier standing guard hit a colonist during an argument led to this event

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Lexington
• Tea Act

Colonists were unhappy with new British laws so they dumped tea into the Boston Harbor in this event.   

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Townshend Acts
• Repeal

A tax on Sugar to pay the costs of the French and Indian War.

• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Repeal
• Sugar Act

Who won the French and Indian War?

• France
• Great Britain
• Indians
• United States

It was the first time Parliament had tried to tax colonists directly.   

• Stamp Act
• Townshend Act
• Sugar Act
• Tea Act

What did colonists call the Coercive Acts, passed by Parliament in spring of 1774?

• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Repeal
• Intolerable Acts

Parliament repealed these acts after the Boston Massacre.

• Stamp
• Townshend
• Sugar
• Tea

Which battle is considered the first battle of the Revolutionary War?

• Concord
• Lexington
• Independence
• French and Indian War

What was the main issue debated during the Second Continental Congress?

• whether to seek a peaceful or violent solution
• how to plan a surprise attack against Britain
• how to convert more colonists to the Patriot cause    
• whether foreign allies would be beneficial

The goal of the First Continental Congress was to

• draft a declaration of independence from the British crown
• establish a colonial government to rival the king.
• develop a plan for undermining the decisions of the king.     
• state the concerns of colonists to the king.