Causes of the Revolutionary War

The colonists were British people who lived in...

• the thirteen North American colonies

• Jamestown only

• the Old World

• Boston only

Which of these was not part of the original 13 colonies?

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

• Maine

The Stamp Act put a high tax on...

• paper goods like letters and newspapers

• tea

• cloth

• stamps only

The Boston Massacre was started by...

• the colonists in Boston, Massachusetts

• the British soldiers

• Captain Preston, the British military leader

• it's debatable, every document says something slightly different

The Tea Act involved...

• the British imposing a tax on tea to be paid by colonists

• the colonists imposing a tax on tea to be paid by the British

• a tax on tea that was sent to British territory in India

The Boston Tea Party was a response to which tax?

• the tax on cloth

• the tax on tea

• the tax on bread

• the tax on stamps

Colonists dressed up as what during the Boston Tea Party?

• African Americans

• British soldiers

• women

• Indigenous Americans

The Quartering Act meant that colonists had to provide what for British soldiers?

• clothing

• tea and tobacco

• shelter and food

• money

This famous quote is associated with the battles of Lexington and Concord:

• "It was the shot heard 'round the world."

• "The British are coming!"

• "I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence."

The word "revolution" means...

• making money

• major change (either political or cultural)

• violent war

• small individual battles