The Road to the Revolution

What event put Britain in debt, so they decided to tax the colonies to pay off this debt?

• French & Indian War
• American Revolution
• War of 1812
• French Revolution 

What act prompted the Boston Tea Party?

• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act
• Tea Act
• Sugar Act

What law required the colonists to house and feed British troops in the American colonies?

• Quartering Act
• Townshend Acts
• Tea Act
• Stamp Act 

What is the name of the act that the British passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party, which closed the port of Boston until damages from the Boston Tea Party were paid?

• The Quartering Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Act

• The Intolerable Act

Many colonists became angry because they did not have any representatives in the British government. What did the colonists call this unfair action?

• the Proclamation of 1763
• metaphor
• Stamp Act 
• taxation without representation 

Why did the king of England start to tax the colonists?

• He wanted more money to pay debts and gain control of the colonists.

• He needed money to pay for more explorers.

• He needed to sell more tea.

• He did not like the colonists because they were smarter than him.

What country were the thirteen colonies part of?

• France (French)

• England (British)

• Spain (Spanish)

• Texas (Texan)

Who was King of England during the "Road to Revolution"

• King George III

• King George Washington

• Queen Elizabeth

• Burger King

A colonist who wanted to stay loyal of the king of England

• Patriot

• A Son of Liberty

• Loyalist

• A Traitor

What was the name of the first meeting of colonial leaders where they wrote a letter to the king of England?

• The Stamp Act

• Patriot

• The First Continental Congress

• The Sons of Liberty