Causes of the Revolution

2. Which event caused the British to raise taxes on American colonists?

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• Civil War

3. Which act was a tax on paper?

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Quartering Act

• Tea Act

4. What were some of the ways colonists protested taxes?

• Tarring and feathering tax collectors

• writing letters to Congress

• threatening tax collectors

• boycotts

• smuggling

5. After Parliament repealed the Stamp Act what was it replaced with?

• Navigation Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

6. True or False: The Boston Massacre really was a massacre–the citizens were totally innocent.

• True

• False

7. True of False: The tax on tea made a lot of money for Britain, that's why King George didn't want to give it up.

• True

• False

8. Which of the following made King George most angry?

• Boston Massacre

• Smuggling

• Boston Tea party

• Boycotts

9. How did the Intolerable Acts punish Boston?

• Closed the port of Boston

• Increased the tea tax

• Citizens could not elect local leaders

• Forbid town meetings without permission

• Newspapers were shut down

10. How did the First Continental Congress support Boston?

• Declared Intolerable Acts illegal

• Decided to boycott British goods

• Decided to attack the British at Lexington and Concord

• Agreed it was time to form militias

11. What was the American slogan about taxes?

• Taxes are the worst!

• No taxation without representation!

• We won't pay! Hey no way!

• No representation. No intimidation.