Causes of the Revolutionary War

The Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers shot and killed how many people?

• 10
• 24
• 5
• 16

What problem did winning the French and Indian War cause for the British?

• They lost their land in America.
• They gained more land in America.
• They owed a lot of money.
• They lost all of their trade partners.

Which of the following was passed by the British government to tax everything made of paper in the colonies?

• Sugar Act
• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act

Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. This caused colonists to protest in the form of the Boston Tea Party. What was the Boston Tea Party?

• Colonists gave dinners to support the sale of the tea. 
• Colonists dressed as Indians destroyed British tea. 
• Colonists bought tea from other countries. 
• Colonists started growing their own tea. 

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“

The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonial settlement west of a border that ran roughly along the 

• Great Lakes
• Atlantic Ocean
• St. Lawrence River
• Appalachian Mountains

Which of these would not be taxed under the Stamp Act

• newspaper
• playing cards
• pamphlets
• tea

This struggle between the British and the French in the colonies of North America was part of a worldwide war known as the Seven Years' War

• French and Indian War
• American Revolution
• War of 1812
• War with Mexico

What was the name of the event that occurred on March 5, 1770 in Boston, British soldiers fired into a crowd, killing five people. 

• Battle at Saratoga
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party 
• Battle of Bunker Hill 

The French and Indian War was fought between 

• French against the Indians
• Indians against the Spanish
• French and British against the Indians
• The French and Indians against the British and the colonists.