(Bell Ringer) Causes of the American Revolution

Which cause of the Revolutionary War is represented above?

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Acts
• Intolerable Acts

Which cause of the Revolutionary War is represented above?

• Sugar Act
• The Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Proclamation of 1763

In response to the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed four laws.  These laws were so harsh that colonists called them the Intolerable Acts.  The first act closed the port of Boston.  Two others increased the powers of the royal governor, abolished the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature, and cut the powers of town meetings.  Now, anyone accused of murdering a British colonial official could be tried in Britain, rather than in the colonies.  Finally, a fourth law strengthened the 1765 Quartering Act. 

Which phrase from the passage provides the best clue to the meaning of intolerable?

• “increased the powers of the royal governor”
• “laws were so harsh”
• “In response to the incident”
• "cut the powers of town meetings"

A written request to a government:

• boycott
• petition
• minutemen
• mercenary

An organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products:

• boycott
• petition
• minutemen
• mercenary

Group of colonists who were in favor of independence during the war:

• Patriot
• mercenary
• civilian
• Loyalist

Groups of colonists who remained faithful to the British during the war:

• Patriot
• minutemen
• mercenary
• Loyalist

Why did fighting break out at Lexington and Concord in April 1775?

• Minutemen attacked a British fort.
• Colonists refused to let British troops stay in their homes.
• British troops tried to seize colonists’ arms and ammunition.
• Patriot militia tried to seize British arms and ammunition.

What was the historical importance of the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

• Minutemen attacked a British fort.
• The outcome proved that militias were no match for British troops.
• The fighting ended colonists’ resistance to British authority.
• The fighting signaled the start of the American Revolution.

Thomas Jefferson borrowed many of his ideas from which Enlightenment Philosopher?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams