Road to the Revolution Test

Which group of colonists were responsible for the Boston Tea Party?

• Daughters of Liberty
• Sons of Liberty
• Mohawk Native Americans
• Algonquin Native Americans

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• March 5, 1770-Captain Preston and his Redcoat soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists
• April 19, 1774-Redcoat soldiers, looking for arms, were attacked at the Concord Bridge
• September 1774-The Delegates or Representatives from ALL 13 colonies (except Georgia), met to discuss the Intolerable Acts
• December 16, 1773-50 Sons of Liberty, dressed up as Mohawks, dumped tea from 3 British tea ships into the harbor. 

Which of the following was a reason the Boston Tea Party occurred?

• Non-Importaion Agreement was violated
• The tax on tea was too expensive
• Mohawk Native Americans hated Parliament
• To punish Parliament for the Intolerable Acts

Why did the Redcoats travel to Concord, Massachusetts?

• To find and confiscate (take over) arms of the Militia
• To bend the arms of the Militia
• To win a decisive battle over the Militia
• To force colonists to pay the tax on tea

What was the Albany Plan of Union?

• the need for the colonies to unite against the French

• British taxation without representation

• Early sign of alliances with Iroquois Native Americans

• Early sign of hatred towards Parliament

What did the slogan, "No Taxation Without Representation" mean?

• Colonists did not want to pay expensive taxes
• Colonists did not want representation if that meant paying new taxes
• Colonists did not want a representative government
• Colonists did not feel it was fair to be taxed when they are not represented in Parliament

Why were the Colonists were upset with the Writs of Assistance?

• It allowed officials to check cargo and invade the colonist's privacy
• It allowed Redcoats to live in the homes of colonists, invading their privacy
• It allowed for colonists wrists to be assisted
• It allowed Redcoats to smuggle taxed items into the colonies 

Why did Paul Revere create the Boston Massacre Engraving?

• To accurately depict the event for those who were not there
• To make the colonists angry at the Redcoats
• To defend the principles of Freedom of Press
• To warn the militia, that the "Redcoats Were Coming!"

Which of the following was NOT an Intolerable Act?

• Shut down port of Boston
• Soldiers would live in the "Common" areas
• Only one town meeting per year
• Redcoats arrested for major crimes would be tried in England

The Boston Tea Party directly led to which event?

• Boston Massacre
• First Continental Congress
• Lexington and Concord
• Intolerable Acts