Boston tea party

Which war did the Boston tea party lead to?

• The Civil war

• The American Revolution

• WWl

• WWll

Which war had just ended before the Boston tea party?

• Civil war

• Spanish-American war

• French and Indian war

• WWl

Why did Great Britain tax the American colonies?

• The British were in debt from large tea investments

• The British were looking for money to pave their roads.

• The British were looking for money to construct a new naval fleet for war

• The British were in debt from fighting the French in a war.

The colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into which port city?

• Boston

• New York

• Philadelphia

• St.Johns

What disguise did some of the colonists use when they dumped tea in the harbor?

• Police officers

• Pilgrims

• Native Americans

• British navy officers

Colonists believed they should not have to pay British taxes when they had no (a)   in Parliament.

How could the British have prevented the American Revolution? 

• By forcing King George III to give up the throne  

• By allowing colonists to elect representatives to Parliament

• By overruling the decisions of the colonial legislatures 

• By increasing taxes on the colonists 

When was the Declaration of Independence signed?

• 1776

• 1773

• 1781

• 1796

Which philosophers ideas are evident in the Declaration of Independence?

• Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Locke