Revolutionary War Beginning

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

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CCSS.RL.8.9

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 that forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act
• Navigation Act

What law made it very expensive for colonists to import molasses?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Acts
• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act

What law stated that the colonists could only buy goods from England and the colonists could only sell goods to England?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Acts
• Stamp Act
• Navigation Act

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