The American Revolution

What was the effect of the French and Indian War on the British government?

• They were tired

• They fought with Russia

• They had a lot of debt

• They had a party

A law that states colonists had to provide food and housing to the Redcoats

• The Stamp Act

• The Tea Act

• The Sugar Act

• The Quartering Act

The law that said colonist had to buy stamps for printed documents, thus paying more taxes

• The Tea Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Sugar Act

• The Intolerable Acts

True or False: The Tea Act stated colonists had to buy tea from only one British tea company

• True

• False

Angry colonist dressed like Indians and threw tea in the Boston harbor during the

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• French and Indian War

• The Continental Congress

Parliament passed laws to punish the Bostonians for the tea destroyed. These Acts are called...

• The Tea Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

What is a common nickname for the British soldiers?

• Blue Coats

• Sons of Liberty

• Redcoats

• Indians

When colonists taunted British soldiers, a fight broke out and 5 people died. This is the

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• French & Indian War

• The Stamp Act

What does "intolerable" mean?

• awful, cruel, hard to live with

• food & housing

• loyalists

Why did the Sons of Liberty throw tea off the ships into the Boston Harbor?

• to protest the Stamp Act

• to protest the Tea Act

• to declare independence