American Revolution

The French and Indian War was fought between which two countries?

• France and Indians
• Great Britain and France
• Great Britain and Colonists
• Great Britain and Spanish

Why were the American colonists taxed after the French and Indian War?

• Britain was in debt and needed money
• That was the agreement with the Native Americans
• They made too much money
• The Townshend Acts were created.

This was a tax on all printed materials in the 13 Colonies.

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

After many colonists grew angry about the Stamp Act, Parliament chose to____________________, or undo, the law.

• boycott
• protest
• tax
• repeal

This act was a tax on common goods such as glass, paint, lead, tea, and paper.

• Townshend Act
• Stamp Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Declaratory Act

This event increased tensions due to sensationalism by the Sons of Liberty in the portrayal of the deaths of five people.

• Lexington and Concord
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Bloody Valentine

How did the colonists most famously protest against the tea tax?

• Dressed up like Frenchmen
• Provoked Redcoats at the Boston Massacre
• Dumped tea into Boston Harbor
• Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea

The battle of Lexington was the direct result of…

• the Boston Tea Party.
• the passage of the Stamp Act.
• the repealing of the Tea Act.
• the movement of Redcoats to seize weapons.

This type of American colonist supported the British monarchy.

• Patriot
• Loyalist
• Whig
• Neutral

The Second Continental Congress created what group to defend the colonies?

• Colonial militias
• Marines
• Continental Army
• Navy