Causes of the American Revolution 1

A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called

• Congress
• Sons of Liberty
• Parliament
• Loyalists

The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. This act of protest is known as 

• the Boston Tea Party
• the Stamp Act
• Committees of Correspondence
• Boston Massacre

American colonists were asked to help cover the cost of the French and American War by paying

• Patriots
• snowballs
• taxes
• boycott

The tax on all items in the colonies made of paper was called the

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Act
• Boston tea Party

What does the word boycott mean?

• To challenge authority

• To run away from tyranny

• The refusal to use or buy goods

• To change your ways

What did the Intolerable Acts do?

• Allowed the colonists to do what they pleased

• Put all Sons of Liberty in prison

• Closed the Boston Harbor, suspended the government, sent more troops

• Nothing changed

What were the Intolerable Acts also known as?

• Tea Act

• Townshend Act

• Quartering Act

• Coercive Acts

Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

What does the phrase "taxation without representation" mean?

• King George is giving in to the colonists' demands

• No more taxes!

• Colonists are being taxed without representation or consent

• Americans will send a representative

What was the Quartering Act?

• Colonists are forced to provide food, shelter, any necessities to British soldiers

• A tax on stamps

• A tax on Quarters

• Another term for the Intolerable Acts