Causes of the Revolutionary War

What is the name of the group of colonists who protested British policies (taxes) 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 did the Quartering Act require the colonists to do?

• pay more money for sugar
• dump tea into the Boston Harbor
• provide housing for British soldiers
• pay a tax on all printed material

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 dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor .

• Colonists bought tea from other countries.

• Colonists started growing their own tea.

Colonists were upset with taxes and protested with the slogan, "______________!"

• "Help Us!"

• "Kill the King"

• "Go Dawgs!"

• "No taxation without representation!"

The dumping of tea in the Boston Harbor angered King George, so he placed strict rules / punishments on the colonists. The Colonists called these rules the ________________.

• The King George Acts

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Tea Party Acts

• Rebel Acts

To refuse to buy items in order to protest.

• Boycott

• Repeal

• Petition

• Preamble

To cancel (get rid of) an act or law.

• Boycott

• Repeal

• Petition

• Preamble

What was the name of the series of laws passed by the British to limit colonial trade and check ships for smuggled goods?

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• Navigation Acts

• Stamp Act

Why did the British begin to tax the colonists?

• The British felt the colonists should pay more than those living in England

• The British did not like the colonists

• The British were greedy

• The British were in debt from supporting the colonists during the French and Indian War