Causes of the American Revolution

What did the Tea Act do?

• Taxed tea;colonists could only purchase from East India Company

• Reduced the price of tea

• Allowed colonists to purchase tea from other countries

• Allowed colonists to sell tea to other countries

All the acts and taxes were passed to...

• Fund a stronger military for Great Britain

• Fund a war between France and Great Britain

• Pay off war debts from the French and Indian War

• Pay the Native Americans who fought for the British in the French and Indian War

The Sugar Act required...

• Colonists to reduce their sugar intake

• The colonies to grow more sugar

• The colonies to only do business with Spain and France

• All of the colonies' exports to be sent to Great Britain

The colonists could only legally buy goods from...

• Each other

• Great Britain

• Spain

• France

Who was the midnight rider who warned the colonists that British troops were coming to seize their weapons?

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Alexander Hamiliton

What was the first battle of the American Revolution?

• Saratoga

• Valley Forge

• Lexington and Concord

• Gettysburg

Colonists were opposing what act when they created the First Continental Congress?

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Intolerable Acts

What group protested the Tea Act by dumping tea into the Boston Harbor?

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty

• Sons of Patriotism

• Sons of Independence

The ________ was an act of civil disobedience carried out in protest of the Tea Act

• French and Indian War

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

The ______________ required colonists to house British soldiers

• Quartering Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act