Chapter 4; The road to War

What did the colonists do when Parliament gave the East India Company control over tea trading?

• Colonists boycotted tea and denied British ship entry into Massachusetts ports.

• Colonists did nothing.

• Colonists sent a petition to Parliament.

• Colonists joined the East India Company.

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• British soldiers destroyed all the tea on the British ships.

• The Sons of Liberty broke into British ships and dumped their tea into the Boston Harbor.

• The Colonists and British soldiers had a tea party for Boston

How did the Boston Tea Party begin?

• The Colonists were angry about not making enough money from trading tea.

• Parliament was angry about not making enough money from trading tea.

• Parliament put a higher tax on tea.

• The Colonists were angry because Parliament put a higher tax on tea.

Parliament passed the _____________ to punish the colonists.

• Repeal Act

• Declaration

• Boycott

• Intolerable Acts

The Intolerable Acts included which of the following?

• Boston Harbor was blocked by the British Navy.

• Colonists had to leave Massachusetts.

• Town meetings were banned.

• Colonists had to quarter (house) British soldiers.

A petition was sent to Parliament. What did the petition state?

• Colonists only had some rights and did not agree to stop trading with Britain.

• Colonists did not have rights.

• Colonists could trade as much as they wanted.

• Colonists had the right to life, liberty and property. Colonies agreed to stop most trade with Britain.

_________ were a militia unit formed by the colonists. It was said they could be ready in a minute to defend Massachusetts.

• Minusmen

• Minutemen

• Parliament Soldiers

Why are Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott important in the Road to War?

• They became part of the British Parliament

• They warned the Sons of Liberty that British Soldiers were approaching.

• They warned the British Soldiers that the Sons of Liberty were approaching.

Why was the battle of Lexington and Concord important?

• It began the Boston Tea Party.

• It began World War I.

• It began the American Revolution and was the first step in creating the United States of America

• It began The First Continental Congress.

Many American colonists were unhappy with British laws such as the Stamp Act. What did they do to show that they did not like them?

• protest 
• go home 
• drink tea 
• buy stamps