Causes of American Revolution

Which of the following allowed the colonists to pay lower taxes on molasses?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• writ of assistance

Which act taxed colonists without their consent? (without their permission)

• Declaratory Act

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

Goods, like paint, tea, paper, etc that were being imported to the colonies were taxed by which act?

• Declaratory Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

Paul Revere's engraving of which event was an example of how propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feelings among the colonists?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Liberty Affair

Which act(s) closed Boston Harbor, forced the colonists to let the British soldiers live among them, and prevented town meetings in Boston?

• Boston Massacre

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable (Coercive) Acts

Who said "blows must decide" who would rule America?

• Edward III

• George III

• James III

• Philp III

Who, along with Paul Revere, warned Samuel Adams that the British were coming?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Thomas Gage

• William Dawes

After winning what battle, did the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy?

• Battle of Boston

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Concord

• Battle of Lexington

True or False (a)   The king of Great Britain accepted the Olive Branch Petition offered by Congress?

Which group did the colonies organize to fight against Great Britain?

• Colonial Army

• Continental Army

• Continental Congress

• Redcoat Army