Road to Revolution

This picture shows a political cartoon from 1766 showing a mock funeral of the Stamp Act.

How does this primary source show one of the main colonial concerns?

• colonist opposed taxation on goods

• colonist favored taxation on goods

• Parliament was concerned about individual rights

• King George wanted to protect the colonists

What was the main issue of King George and Parliament taxing the colonists?

• colonies had their own legislatures to pass tax policy

• colonies had no representation in Parliament

• some acts went beyond taxation

• colonist had new roads built with tax money

Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act?

• colonists began to pay the tax in full

• colonists began to organize militias to fight

• colonists sent petitions to England

• colonists began to boycott British goods

The Coercive Acts closed the port of Boston and shut down colonial legislatures.

What would likely be the colonists reaction to this action of Parliament?

• colonists would boycott British goods

• colonists would argue this violated their individual rights

• Parliament would repeal the taxes

• Parliament would offer representation to colonists

What act prevented the colonists from moving west over the Appalachian mountains?

• The Townshend Act

• The Stamp Act

• The 1st Continental Congress

• The Proclamation of 1763

What act put an indirect tax on glass, lead, paper, and tea?

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Tea Act

Which act forced colonists to house British soldiers?

• The Townshend Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Boston Massacre

• The Coercive Acts

Which act levied a tax on all printed materials?

• The Townshend Act

• The Coercive Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

At which event did colonists destroy property as a form of protest?

• The Coercive Act

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

• Lexington and Concord

Five colonists were killed at this event.

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Boston Massacre

• Lexington and Concord

• The 1st Continental Congreaa