Events Leading to the American Revolution

Why did King George III begin taxing the colonists?

• He didn't like them
• He was selfish
• England needed money to pay debts from the French and Indian War
• The colonists had extra money

The Quartering Act called for _____ to be housed in colonists' homes to save money for Parliament.

• Soldiers
• Weapons
• Protesters
• Officials

Who was responsible for the Boston Tea Party?

• Sons of Liberty
• Native Americans
• French Settlers
• Angry women

Why did the British Government start taxing the American Colonists?

• To raise money for the Royal Navy
• To pay off the war debt from the French and Indian War
• To create a new source of revenue for the King
• The British Government didn't start taxing the colonists.

What is the name of the event when the colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor

• Boston Tea Party
• French and Indian War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Sugar Act

This Act made colonists buy stamps to place on all their printed documents. 

• Tea Act
• Quartering Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Stamp Act

What does "boycott" mean?

• to refuse to buy goods or services from someone
• to pay taxes
• to sell things to other coutries
• to feel everything is good

What did the sons of Liberty do to protest the tax on their favorite drink?

• nothing
• they boarded ships and threw the tea into the water
• they paid the tax
• they wrote a newspaper article about the unfair tax

What was a cause of the Boston Massacre?

• colonists were throwing snowballs at British soldiers

• British soldiers were trying to arrest people

• colonists were shooting at British soldiers

Parliament decided to raise taxes another way after the repeal of the Stamp Act.  A tax on teas, glass, and paints was called the 

• Stamp Act
• Townshend Act
• Tea Act
• Intolerable Act