American Revolution

What law did not let the colonists move past the Appalachian Mountains?

• Proclamation of 1763
• Stamp Act
• Tea Act

An act is ___.

• a law
• a big fight that lasts a long time
• a war between the people of a country and the government

The Stamp Act, Townshend Act, and Tea Act said colonists had to pay ___, or money, for things.

• taxes
• revolution
• representative

Colonists were not happy about the different Acts and often said, "___".

• No taxation without representation!
• No representation without taxation!
• No taxation without revolution!

The leader in England during the American Revolution was ___.

• King George the 3rd
• George Washington
• President George

Parliament is the name of the ___ in England.

• government
• revolution
• battle

This event was a cause of the revolution. 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers.

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• First Continental Congress

The ___ was the name of an event in which colonists threw tea into the ocean.

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Battle of Lexington and Concord

A ___ is a person who speaks for a group.

• representative
• loyalist
• patriot

At the ___, representatives from 12 colonies met to talk about their problems with England.

• First Continental Congress
• Proclamation of 1763
• Townshend Act