Events Leading up to the American Revolution Review

What does Boycott mean?

• to be in boy scouts

• to refuse to buy or use certain goods

• to illegally move in and out of the country

• a very important public or official announcement

What does Smuggling mean?

• to be in boy scouts

• to refuse to buy or use certain goods

• to illegally move in and out of the country

• a very important public or official announcement

Who won the French and Indian war?

• France

• Indians

• The United States of America

• The British

How did the French and Indian War help start the American Revolution?

• The British lost a lot of money in the war and started taxing American Colonists

• The Colonists didn't have any land

• The Colonists didn't have any food

• England wanted to take back the American Colonies

What did King George III prevent the colonists from doing? (Proclamation of 1763)

• having water

• traveling or moving past the Appalachian Mountains

• buying sugar and tea

• buying newspapers and stamps

What act taxed the colonists on sugar, molasses and other items?

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Proclamation of 1763

What act taxed the colonists on newspapers, stamps, paper and other printed items?

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Proclamation of 1763

How did the colonists protest the Townshend Acts?

• By smuggling goods

• By going back to England to talk to Parliament

• By moving to a different country

• By yelling at the British soldiers and kicking them out of their homes

What did it mean when the colonists said, "No taxation without Representation!"?

• the colonists were upset England was paying taxes

• The colonists were upset they had no say on what they were getting taxed on

• the colonists were happy they had representation in Parliament

• the colonists said they wouldn't go to England to talk about taxes

What act taxed colonists on lead, paper, glass, tea and paint?

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

• Townshend Acts