Task 2 Test Review: Causes of the Revolution

The phrase “no taxation without representation” refers to the belief that

• no one should ever have to pay taxes

• you must have a say in your government before it can tax you

• only people who vote have to pay taxes

• you must be told about taxes before you pay them

The British government required American colonists to pay a portion of the debt was a RESULT of--

• French and Indian War

• Sugar Act

• Boston Massacre

• Townshend Acts

“No taxation without representation.” This slogan referred to taxes enacted by

• the British Parliament

• House of Burgessess

• First Continental Congress

• colonial assemblies

Special taxes were placed on goods used in the colonies, including glass and lead.

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

The Tea Act was caused by the--

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• British East India Company bankruptcy

• colonial refusal to pay tax on sugar

The Stamp Act was meant to pay for--

• cost of British soldiers in the colonies

• cost of operating royal courts

• British East India Company bankruptcy

• King George III's new throne

Economic policy of Britain following the French and Indian War

• taxes imposed without the colonist's consent

• international free trade

• fur trade with Native Americans

• colonial assembly taxation based on local need

Parliament passed the Tea Act so Colonists dumped Tea into Boston Harbor. Because of the Boston Tea Party, Parliament punished the colonists by...

• appointing colonial representatives to Parliament
• passing the Intolerable Acts
• getting rid of all taxes
• declaring Independence from the colonies

Who is Crispus Attucks?

• The lawyer of the soldiers in the Boston Massacre
• the first person killed in the Boston Massacre
• The colonists who died at Lexington
• The commander of the British army

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp and Sugar Acts?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“