Causes of the Revolutionary War

What did Britain do as a result of the French and Indian War?

• The stopped the fur trade in North America.
• The signed the treaty of London.
• They gave four colonies away to the French.
• They decided to tax the colonists to help pay for the war.

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_____________________ was the name of Britain's law making assembly.

• House of Burgess
• Meeting House
• Parliament
• Congress

What were the taxes on all printed materials in the colonies called?

• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Townshend Acts

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The _____________________ placed a taxed on all imported goods.

• Intolerable Acts
• Townshend Acts
• Stamp Act
• Tea Act

Closing Boston Harbor, General Thomas Gage taking over control of Boston, and no town meetings were all examples of the ____________________________.

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• First Continental Congress
• Intolerable Acts

Place these events in order: a- Boston Tea Party, b- Paul Revere's Rise, c-Stamp Act, d- French and Indian War

• c, d, b, a
• b, c, a, d
• d, c, a, b
• a, b, d, c

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This group was formed by ____________________. ___________________ dressed as Mohawks and dumped tea in the harbor. 

• John Adams; Women
• Samuel Adams; Sons of Liberty
• Ben Franklin; Sons of Liberty
• Paul Revere; Sons of Liberty

What angered colonists the most about the Stamp Act?

• They were not allowed to live past the Appalachian Mountains.
• It was an example of taxation without representation.
• The Loyalists did not have to buy stamps.
• There were no post offices in the colonies.

What were the goals of the Redcoats during the battle of Lexington and Concord?

• capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams
• arrest Benjamin Franklin
• close the Boston Harbor
• seize weapons that the colonists stored

At what event did the British soldiers fire into a crowd of colonists killing 5 people?

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Treaty of Paris
• Intolerable Acts