American Revolutionary War

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

The Declaration of Independence was written to formally declare to the people and to the King of England that the colonies were separating from England and they wanted to explain why.

• True
• False

Who was the leader of the Continental Army?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Crispus Attuks

• Phyllis Wheatley

• George Washington

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• Abigail Adams

• Deborah Sampson

What law placed high taxes on tea, cloth, and British goods?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Acts
• Navigations Acts
• Stamp Act

This event made colonists angry with the British.

• Civil War
• Boston Massacre
• Jamestown
• the Lost Colony

This was a tax on all printed materials in the 13 Colonies.

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Tea Act
• Townshend Act

Finish this American Colonist Motto, "No Taxation without..."

• Transportation
• Relaxation
• Representation
• Sensation

Why were the American Colonist taxed after the French and Indian War?

• Britain was in debt and needed money
• That was the agreement with the Native Americans
• They made too much money
• Townshend Acts

How did the colonist protest against the tea tax?

• Dressed up like Native Americans
• Boston Massacre
• Dumped tea into Boston harbor
• Didn't pay the tax on the East India Tea

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