American Revolution-Causes

 The stamp act was imposed on paper goods such as newspapers and playing cards.

• TRUE
• FALSE

After the Boston Tea Party...

• England did not tax the colonists
• King George surrendered
• King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts

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

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Who Organized the Boston tea Party?

• All the colonists
• Sons of liberty
• The British
• Mr. Macias class

Who was the King during the American Revolution?

• King Arthur
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• King George III
• King Charles II

What was the common slogan used in the Colonies?

• "Give me liberty or Give me death"
• "No Taxation without Representation"
• "No Stamp Act, No Sugar Act"
• "Never eat spinach with a stranger"

In 1765, the Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act. The purpose of this act was to 

• get rid of colonists who were willing to support the king
• raise money by putting a tax on tea, sugar, and molasses
• get rid of French colonists in the Northern colonies
• raising money by passing a tax on newspapers and other paper products

What was the punishment the British gave after the Tea Party?

• The Sugar Act
• Closing the Harbor
• Taking all of the tea away
• Attacking The colonies

An angry crowd of workers surrounded a small group of British soldiers and were fired upon

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Rebellion
• Boston Treaty 
• Boston Tea Party

His engraving of the Boston Massacre is a great example of propaganda.

• Samuel Adams
• Paul Revere
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington