Acts on the Road to Revolution

Match the following

• Sugar Act

• Conflict between England and France. Many of the colonists fought in this war. France lost and ended in the Treaty of Paris.

• Stamp Act

• England required colonists to provide housing, food, drink and transportation for all English Troops in the colonies.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stopped Colonists from moving west into the Ohio River Valley.

• Quartering Act

• Tax on Paper goods. Many of the colonists became upset with England for making business more expensive.

• French and Indian War

• Tax on Sugar and Rum to help pay for the French and Indian War

Match the descriptions with the Events.

• Boston Tea Party

• Punishment for the Boston Tea Party. This took away rights from Massachusetts Colony till they paid for the tea. The act backfired and other colonies supported Massachusetts.

• Intolerable (Coercive) Acts

• Protest outside the Customs House. Crispus Attucks a freed slave led the colonist protest. The English Troops opened fire and killed 5 colonists. All but 2 soldiers were set free.

• Boston Massacre

• Angered by the Tea Act the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and dumped over $1 Million of tea in Boston Harbor.

• Townshend Acts

• Tax on Tea, this made most colonists mad as Tea was one of the most popular drinks and the tax made it more expensive to buy.

• Tea Act

• Taxes on several different goods. Created a Customs House to tax imports and exports and allowed Troops to enter a home and search for illegal goods.

Circle the Colony where both the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party took place.

What was the name of the organization that organized the Boston Tea Party? Samuel Adams and John Hancock were two prominent members.

• American Liberty

• British Boycotters

• Sons of Liberty

• Tea Totalers

Choose Three: Which of the following occurred at the Boston Massacre:

• British soldiers fired upon unarmed colonists

• Five colonists were killed

• Colonists set fire to Boston Harbor

• Colonists threw objects like rocks and snowballs at British soldiers

Killed at the Boston Massacre, this person is commonly referred to as the first casualty of the American Revolution:

• Private Montgomery

• Samuel Adams

• Crispus Attucks

• John Hancock

The colonists, especially in this region, suffered large economic losses due to the Sugar Act:

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Southern Colonies

What is it called when the Colonists refused to buy tea from England after the Tea Act?

• Tariff

• Boycott

• Mercantilism

• Civil Disobedience

One of the several reasons why was the Boston Tea Party is considered significant is because:

• It was a major act of defiance

• It led to the French & Indian War

• The Tea Act Congress was created

• It improved trade relations with Britain

The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts were enacted in response to this event:

• French and Indian War

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Proclamation of 1763