American Revolution 1754-1777

Which event cost England a lot of money and caused the King to impose new taxes on the colonies to help pay for its cost? 

• The American Revolution 
• The French and Indian War
• Westward Expansion
• The Civil War 

The _____________ required colonists to pay extra taxes on the paper goods such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards. 

• Sugar Act
• Stamp Act 
• Intolerable Acts 
• Quartering Acts 

The colonists had no voice in parliament where new laws and taxes were developed and imposed on the colonies. As a result, the colonists began to use the slogan "______________!"

• No more king
• No taxation without representation 
• the shot heard 'round the world
• It is so unfair

A secret organization made up of merchants and journalists formed to protest unfair taxes was called the ____________. 

• Minutemen
• Loyalists
• Patriots
• Sons of Liberty 

The Sons of Liberty never used violence to protest unfair taxes. 

• True
• False

What did the Stamp Act do that England did not expect? 

• It caused them to buy more paper goods. 
• It united the colonists against England.
• It increased the colonists support for England. 
• None of the answers

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• Members of the Sons of Liberty dressed up and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. 
• Members of the Sons of Liberty got together to celebrate their success with tea and crumpets.
• Colonists in Boston held a meeting to discuss the new tax on tea. 
• Members of the Sons of Liberty held a peaceful protest. 

A year after the First Continental Congress, representatives met in Philadelphia again. What did they discuss? 

• becoming an independent nation
• breaking away from England
• writing a document that declared the colonies Independent 
• All of the answers 

It took 17 days to write the Declaration of Independence. Who wrote it? 

• George Washington
• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin 

The Declaration of Independence was a way for the colonists to respond to the tyranny and abuse of power by King George III. 

• True
• False