Events Leading up to Revolution

Which event(s) led to the Revolutionary War?

• Stamp Act
• Boston Massacre
• Sugar Act
• All of the answers

Why were the British taxing everything?

• They were in debt and needed to make money
• they wanted to make everyone mad
• they didn't want anyone else trading

Which of the following is NOT one of the taxes that King George III and the British parliament forced the colonist to pay?

• Stamp Act
• The Coffee Act
• The Sugar Act
• The Intolerable Acts

I was shot in the Boston Massacre, making me the first African American to die for American freedom.

• Crispus Attucks
• Clay Matthews
• Patrick Henry
• Sam Adams

_______ is the angry protest where members of the Sons of Liberty threw tea overboard

• Tea Act
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Lexington and Concord

What does "boycott" mean?

• to refuse to buy goods or services from someone
• to pay taxes
• to sell things to other coutries
• to feel everything is good

How many people were killed during the Boston Massacre?

• 25
• 35
• 5
• 105

The British government put a tax on something the colonists drank.  What was it?

• coffee
• milk
• tea
• water

The main problem the colonists had with the taxes was __________.

• They didn't have a say in making the tax laws
• they just didn't want to pay taxes
• they didn't have any money
• they didn't mind paying taxes

The colonists decided to meet together to discuss these problems.  Where did they meet?

• New York City
• Philadelphia
• Georgia
• North Carolina