Events Leading to the American Revolution

Which statement best describes the Townshend Acts?

• laws that placed a tax on paper goods such as Newspapers and Legal Documents

• Laws that place a tax on needed items colonists couldn't produce themselves such as glass, paint and tea

• laws that punished the colonists by closing , stopping trade in Boston, dissolving it elected assembly, and placing the city under military rule

The angry colonists who had assembled on King St. in Boston prior to the Boston Massacre were angry about

• the passing of the Stamp Act

• the passing of the Intolerable Acts

• the destruction from the Boston Tea Party

• the passing of the Townshend Acts

Who organized the Boston Tea Party?

• The Sons of Liberty

• Penelope Barker

• The Mohawk Indians

• Royal governor Josiah Martin

Why were the Sons of Liberty and other American Patriots upset over the Tea Act?

• because it tried to force them to buy only British Tea

• Because it placed a tax on British Tea

• Because it allowed the Dutch to trade their Tea in the American colonies

How did the British Government respond to the Boston tea Party?

• by passing of the Stamp Act

• by passing of the Intolerable Acts

• by supporting the Boston Massacre

• by passing of the Townshend Acts

Which statement best describes the Intolerable Acts?

• laws that placed a tax on paper goods such as Newspapers and Legal Documents

• Laws that place a tax on needed items colonists couldn't produce themselves such as glass, paint and tea

• laws that punished the colonists by closing , stopping trade in Boston, dissolving it elected assembly, and placing the city under military rule

Why did the Intolerable Acts anger American colonists who lived in other colonies outside of Boston or Massachusetts?

• because Massachusetts was America's oldest colony

• because other colonies were worried that Great Britain might do the same to them

• because Great Britain promised to only punish Massachusetts

Whih event took place in North Carolina?

• The Boston tea Party

• The Boston Massacre

• The Edenton Tea Party

• The Albany Convention

Who organized the Edenton Tea Party?

• The Sons of Liberty

• Penelope Barker

• The Mohawk Indians

• Royal governor Josiah Martin

How was the Edenton Tea Party different from the Boston Tea Party?

• It was organized and carried out by women

• it did not actually involve having Tea

• It was led by the Sons of Liberty

• it took place in Massachusetts