American Revolution

What event occurred as an act of protest against the Tea Act and was one of the causes of the Coercive Acts?

• Boston Tea Party

• Lexington and Concord

• Boston Massacre

• Sons of Liberty

What does the phrase, "no taxation without representation" mean?

• Taxes paid for the war against France and the colonists did not support the war

• Colonists did not feel the King had the right to tax them

• Colonists did not like the taxes because they felt like Great Britain was bullying them

• Colonists felt taxes were unfair because they lacked representation in government

What was the purpose of the Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and Stamp Act?

• To promote trade between the colonies and other European countries.

• To penalize the colonists for acts of rebellion committed against British rule.

• To raise revenue needed for improving roads and building canals in the colonies.

• To get colonists to pay some of the costs resulting from the French and Indian War

Great Britain borrowed heavily to pay for the French and Indian War. As a result, its national debt doubled from approximately £70,000,000 to £140,000,000. In addition, it cost them over £300,000 per year to pay for the 10,000 soldiers now stationed in North America to defend the newly acquired territory. How did this financial situation affect British policy toward its North American colonies?

• The British sold colonial land to Spain and France to reduce the debt.

• The British introduced taxes to get colonists to pay some of the costs.

• The British relaxed colonial trade restrictions in order to raise revenue.

• The British developed colonial infrastructure to stimulate economic growth.

That a representation in parliament is impracticable we all agree: but the consequence is, that we must have a representation in our supreme legislatures here. This was the consequence that was drawn by kings, ministers, our ancestors, and the whole nation, more than a century ago, when the colonies were first settled, and continued to be the general sense until the last peace, and it must be the general sense again soon, or Great-Britain will lose her colonies.

—Novanglus (John Adams), “VII. To the Inhabitants of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay,” March 6, 1775

What principle did John Adams emphasize in this article?

• laissez-faire

• due process rights

• representative government

• separation of church and state

How did the passage of the Stamp Act contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War?

• It raised the price of French goods shipped into the colonies.

• It influenced the colonists rebellion against British taxation.

• It restricted colonial trade with foreign countries.

• It limited the power of colonial legislatures.

How did the First Continental Congress influence colonial resistance to British policies in 1774?

• It planned the Boston Tea Party.

• It published the Declaration of Independence.

• It called for a boycott of British goods.

• It armed militiamen in Lexington and Concord.

For if our Trade may be taxed why not our Lands? Why not the Produce of our Lands

& every thing we possess or make use of? This we apprehend annihilates our Charter

Right to govern & tax ourselves—It strikes at our British Privileges, which as we have

never forfeited them, we hold in common with our Fellow Subjects who are Natives of

Britain . . .

—Protest against Taxation, Samuel Adams, 1764

Based on this excerpt, which statement BEST describes the beliefs of Samuel Adams?

• New taxes are a very small burden on colonists.

• The King makes economic decisions for the colonies.

• Parliament already provides colonists with representation.

• Colonists should have the same rights as citizens living in Britain.

On April 19th, 1775, colonial militias in Lexington and Concord confronted British troops. James Barrett, a colonel in the militia described the fighting:

“I ordered said militia to march to said bridge and pass the same, but not to fire on the king’s troops unless they were first fired upon. We advanced near said bridge, when the said troops fired upon our militia and killed two men dead on the spot, and wounded several others, which was the first firing of guns in the town of Concord. My detachment then returned the fire, which killed and wounded several of the king’s troops.”

Based on the quote, what was MOST significant about the fighting at Concord and Lexington?

• It was the first time that American colonists had killed British troops.

• It was the first time that British troops had fired on American colonists.

• It was the first time that American colonists had defied British authority.

• It was the first time that American colonists had organized themselves into a militia.

Which action of Parliament included the following policies?

-Port of Boston closed until colonists paid for the cost of the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party

-British officials accused of crimes in the colonies would return to Britain for trial

-British troops quartered in homes of colonists

• The Stamp Act

• The Declaratory Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation of 1763