Chapter 4 Review

The British began levying taxes on the colonists in the second half of the 18th century because

• they were angry with the colonists.

• they could no longer tax the Native Americans.

• they were in debt after the French and Indian War.

• colonists never paid taxes before so it was time they did.

Americans protested the new British taxes of the 18th century because

• they did not consider themselves British citizens.

• they were not represented in Parliament.

• they had one representative in Parliament for 13 colonies.

• they were unconstitutional.

The tool of protest against the taxes utilized most often by the colonists was

• looting

• armed confrontation

• sit-ins

• boycotts

The Boston Tea Party resulted in the passage of the

• Sugar Act

• Declaratory Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Tea Act

Founder and leader of the Sons of Liberty

• John Hancock

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Sam Adams

Lawyer and Revolutionary who defended the British soldiers on trial for the Boston Massacre.

• John Hancock

• John Adams

• Sam Adams

• George Washington

Patriot who made the engraving illustrating the events of the Boston Massacre.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Sam Adams

• Paul Revere

• John Paul Jones

Virginian who was chosen to lead the Continental army at the Second Continental Congress.

• Horatio Gates

• Benedict Arnold

• Nathanael Greene

• George Washington

Author of "Common Sense."

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Ben Franklin

The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at

• Concord

• Lexington

• Boston

• Bunker Hill