US I.6 Reasons for the Revolutionary War

What did the group of patriots who protested King George's tyranny and called for a boycott of British goods call themselves?

• Justice League
• American Heroes
• Liberty Fighters
• Sons of Liberty

The protest that ended with 342 chests of tea dumped in Boston Harbor was called _________________.

• The Boston Massacre
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Boston Coffee Party
• The New York Tea Party

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What problem did winning the French and Indian War cause for the British?

• They lost their land in America.
• They gained more land in America.
• They owed a lot of money.
• They lost all of their trade partners.

What happened in the Boston Massacre.

• Colonists killed King George.
• Colonists were killed by British soldiers.
• Colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor
• Boston Harbor was shutdown.

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Parliament is another name for _________________.

• British hair style
• British tea time
• British government
• Washington's government

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Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. This caused colonists to protest in the form of the Boston Tea Party. What was the Boston Tea Party?

• Colonists gave dinners to support the sale of the tea. 
• Colonists dressed as Indians destroyed the tea. 
• Colonists bought tea from other countries. 
• Colonists started growing their own tea. 

Colonists had no representation in Parliament, so the people cried, "______________!"

• "Help Us!"
• "Kill the King"
• "Go Dawgs!"
• "No taxation without representation!"

The dumping of tea in the Boston Harbor angered King George, so imposed the Coercive Acts on the colonists.  The colonists called it ________________.

• The King George Act
• The Intolerable Acts
• The Tea Party Act
• Rebel Act

How did the colonial militia know the British were coming to Lexington?

• Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott, and William Dawes warned them on their midnight ride.
• Spies in the British army warned them
• The British troop movements were obvious, and easy to observe
• They didn't know, and they were taken by surprise

What did Benjamin Franklin do?

• Led the Continental Army
• Convinced France to help in the Revolutionary War
• Said, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!"
• Rode to warn colonists that the British were coming