American Revolution

Punishment for the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of Boston Harbor and the removal of the legislature.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Intolerable Acts

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

To protest the increased price on tea, rebellious colonists held a “party”, dumping tea into the harbor.

• Boston Massacre

• Townshend Act

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Act

Tax placed on glass, lead, tea, and paint. “No taxation without representation” became the theme of colonial protests.

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

Tax enforced following the French and Indian War. Tax on paper products.

• Townshend Act

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Boston Tea Party

When was the Declaration of Independence written?

• 1763

• 1775

• 1776

• 1778

Rights had been violated was the purpose of this document-

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Act

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution

Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Adams

What are the natural rights of the people, according to the Declaration of Independence and gathered from John Locke?

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Property

According to the Declaration of Independence, the government gets its power from-

• Parliament

• the King

• the President

• the people

Colonists were forced to house British soldiers through this act.

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts