Causes of the American Revolution

.The 1765 act that taxed all paper and printed goods in the colonies was called the ____________.

• Paper Act

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

What did the colonists call the laws that were passed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

• The Boston Massacre

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

What was the First Continental Congress?

• Laws passed against the colonists

• Another term for Parliament

• An agreement between the colonies

• A meeting of representatives from 12 of the 13 colonists.

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• A party held to celebrate the tea act

• When colonists dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Tax.

• Boston’s response to the Intolerable Acts

• When riders rode on horseback to deliver tea to the people of Boston

What was the Boston Massacre?

• An event that occurred when British soldiers panicked and fired into a crown of colonists. 

• It was when British soldiers marched to "seize and destroy" the Patriot's military supplies.

• It was an area of Boston that was occupied by British soldiers.

• It was when Patriots drank tea near Boston Harbor.

Why did England start placing taxes on the colonies?

• To pay the cost for new buildings

• To show colonists who is in charge

• To build roads in the Ohio River Valley

• To pay for the cost of the French and Indian War

Which phrase become popular among colonists in response to England imposing taxes?

• “No taxation without representation”

• “The rights of Englishmen”

• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

• “Give me liberty or give me death”

The French and Indian war was fought between _____ and _____.

• England and the Colonies

• England and France

• France and Spain

• England and Spain

Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?

• King Charles III

• King William III

• King George III

• King Edward III

What name was used to describe people who were loyal to England?

• Rebel

• Patriot

• MInuteman

• Tory