Events leading up to Revolutionary War

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

The leader of England was

• George III
• John Hancock
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

The American colonists felt that the English government made them...

• work too hard
• follow unfair laws
• buy too much teach
• buy too many clothes

What law placed high taxes on tea, cloth, and British goods?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Acts
• Navigations Acts
• Stamp Act

After the Boston Tea Party...

• England did not tax the colonists
• King George surrendered
• King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts

The British soldiers were called lobsterbacks or redcoats because of their red uniforms.

• True
• False

Thousands of people died during the Boston Massacre.

• True
• False

On the night of Paul Revere's ride, the colonists used lanterns to share a message about how the British were traveling: "One if by land, two if by sea."

• True
• False

Why did fighting break out at Lexington and Concord in April 1775?

• Minutemen attacked a British fort.
• Colonists refused to let British troops stay in their homes.
• British troops tried to seize colonists' arms and ammunition.
• British troops tried to break up a meeting in the Old North Church.

What was the historical significance of the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

• The fighting ended colonists' resistance to British authority.
• The outcome proved that militias were no match for British troops.
• Britain gave up on any attempt to keep its North American colonies.
• The fighting signaled the start of the American Revolution.