Events Leading to the American Revolution

Who won the French and Indian War?

• France
• Spain
• England
• Native Americans

Which act was a tax on newspapers, legal documents, and licenses?

• The Stamp Act
• The Sugar Act
• The Intolerable Acts
• The Paper Act

Which patriot made a famous drawing of the Boston Massacre and used propaganda to turn the colonists against the British ?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Patrick Henry
• Paul Revere
• John Adams

Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as

• Redcoats
• Loyalists
• Neutrals
• Patriots

Who dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped crates of British tea into Boston Harbor?

• Loyalists
• Sons of Liberty
• Parliament
• Native Americans

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• Sugar
• Stamps
• Paper products
• Glass

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• “There are only two things certain in life: death and taxes”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“

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

• Intolerable Acts
• Townshend Acts
• Proclamation Acts
• Sugar Act

What was stated in 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. 
• Georgia's southern border was established at the Altamaha river.

What name was given to colonists who protested against the British and wanted independence?

• Loyalists
• Mercenaries
• Lobsterbacks
• Patriots