Review for Causes of American Revolution Test

Why did the British close the Boston Harbor

• To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party

• To make the Colonists fleet of ships stronger

• To keep the Spanish out of the Harbor

What was the purpose of the Quartering Act?

• It made colonial money illegal

• It made colonists pay a tax on paper goods

• It forced colonists to provide housing for British soldiers

The writs of assistance was:

• Trials for people who violated the Townshend acts

• Legal papers that allowed the British officials to search for smuggled goods

• Secret meeting between the colonists

What did the English government do after the Boston Tea Party?

• It repealed all acts against the colonists

• It did not let the British East India company sell tea

• It passed the Intolerable Acts to punish the colonists

What were the Townshend Acts of 1767?

• Laws that stopped Colonists from settling in the Ohio Valley

• Laws that created a national religion in the colonies

• Laws that put a tax on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea

Which act required colonists to pay a tax on newspapers, legal papers, and licenses

• Quartering Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

Which act stated that the English Parliament had the right to pass tax laws for the Americans, “in all cases whatsoever”?

• Sugar Act

• Sugar Act

• Declaratory Act

The Proclamation of 1763 tried to prevent fighting between the colonists and the Indians by:

• Forming an alliance between the English and the Indians

• Keeping the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Closing the Boston Harbor

Why was the committees of correspondence were important?

• It kept order in the cities

• It allowed the colonists to communicate and spread propaganda about Britain

• It allowed the Colonists to trade with the Indians

Who organized the Boston Tea Party?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Adams