Events leading to the American Revolution

In this event, the British fought the French over land. In order to pay for this expensive battle, the British decided to tax the colonists.

• The French and Indian War

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Sons of Liberty

• The Stamp Act

This event imposed a tax on newspapers, contracts, playing cards, and paper goods

• The French and Indian War

• The Stamp Act

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Coercive Acts

A group of colonial men dressed as Native Americans, boarded a tea ship and dumped its cargo into the harbor

• Boston Tea Party

• Tea Act

• The Sons of Liberty

• The Stamp Act

Which of the following BEST explains why tensions arose between the colonists and England?

• There was a new king on the English throne

• They disagreed over policies about the American Indians

• Colonists were taxed even though they didn't have representation

• Great Britain did not want the colonies to trade with France

Which statement BEST explains whey the French/Indian War helped cause the American Revolution?

• The war caused the French to hate the British

• During the war, a new type of sailing vessel was invented.

• After the war, the British tried to pay off their debt by taxing colonies.

• The war turned the American Indians against the British

Why did the king of England start to tax the colonists?

• He wanted more money to make England look better

• He needed money to pay the debt from the French and Indian War

• He needed money to pay for sending soldiers to Boston during the Coercive Acts

• He did not like the colonists and wanted to punish them for being bad

Which of the following would have been taxed during the Stamp Act?

• Tea

• Cloth

• Hats

• Playing Cards

Who would have said "No taxation without representation"?

• a patriot

• a loyalist

• the King of England

• a tax collector

What did the colonists do to protest the Stamp Act?

• They threw tea into the harbor

• They boycotted British goods

• They wrote a letter to the King

• They did nothing

What was the Tea Act?

• It created a monopoly so that tea could be sold cheaply, but only by one British tea company

• It closed the port of Boston and took away all their government leaders

• It was a tax on all paper goods such as books, playing cards, and legal documents

• It was a meeting where representatives from each colony discussed what to do about the king's actions