US Hist Revolution

What event led to Britain taxing the colonies to pay for their debt?

• French and Indian War
• Slave Trade
• 100 Years War
• Proclamation of 1763

The colonists protested the Stamp Act by

• marching
• vow of silence
• boycotting British goods
• instaging a sit in

The colonists were mainly upset about taxes imposed on them because

• they lacked representation in government
• Britain was using money to buy jewels for King George III

The _________________ Act is defined as a tax on paper

• Tea 
• Food 
• Stamp
• Intolerable

What act was the cause of the Boston Tea party?

• The Townshend act
• Tea Act
• Sugar Act
• Boston Massacre

Which event was staged to protest the Tea Act?

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Snowball fight
• Boston polar bear swin

Which act was passed as a result of the Boston Tea Party?

• Sugar Act
• Townsend Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Proclamation of 1763

The Intolerable Act was meant to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.  The act 

• stated that the colonists couldn't move past the Appalachians
• taxed paper 
• taxed tea
• closed Boston Harbor

Who was the General and Commander in chief of the colonial army during the Revolutionary War?

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Paine

Who wrote Common Sense?

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Paine