Events leading to American Revolution

Why did the British Government start taxing the American Colonists?

• To raise money for the Royal Navy
• To pay off the war debt from the French and Indian War
• To create a new source of revenue for the King
• The British Government didn't start taxing the colonists.

Who was responsible for the Boston Tea Party?

• Sons of Liberty
• Native Americans
• French Settlers
• Angry women

Which colony was the only colony to not send any delegates to the First Continental Congress? 

• Georgia
• South Carolina
• Massachusetts
• Virginia

What was the French and Indian War fought over?

• Ohio River Valley
• PA
• NJ
• ME

In the proclamation of 1763, the king banned settlement past what mountain?

• Appalachian mts
• Sierra Nevada
• Mt Everest
• Rocky Mts.

What is the name of the event when the colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor

• Boston Tea Party
• French and Indian War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Sugar Act

What is the name of the event where British troops fired on colonists?

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Townshend Acts
• Sugar Act

Why did King George III begin taxing the colonists?

• He didn't like them
• He was selfish
• England needed money to pay debts from the French and Indian War
• The colonists had extra money

What is the group called who makes the English laws?

• President
• Parliment
• People's Republic
• Congress

This Act made colonists buy stamps to place on all their printed documents. 

• Tea Act
• Quartering Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Stamp Act