Causes of the American Revolution

This secret organization formed in order to protest the Stamp act and later protested many acts imposed on the colonists.

• Congress

• Sons Of Liberty

• Loyalists

• Parliment

This tax was made for all paper products that the colonists bought from the British.

• Quarter Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

What slogan was used by the colonists to explain their issues with the taxes Britain imposed on them?

• "We don't buy any of your British goods!"

• "The French are taking all of our money!"

• "Taxes are lame!"

• "No taxation without representation!"

Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?

• Hector

• Crispus Attucks

• Sam Adams

• John Adams

What was the primary reason Parliament passed these acts?

• To promote the growth of cottage industries in the colonies

• To encourage foreign trade with the colonies

• To recover the cost of defending the colonies

• To fund the establishment of new colonies

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 made the colonists mad about the Proclamation of 1763?

• they were not allowed to have weapons

• they had to allow soldiers in their homes

• they paid taxes

• it did not allow colonists to settle West of the Appalacian mountains

How did the Colonists protest the Tea Act?

• They killed King George III

• They didn't protest the act

• They organized the Boston Tea Party

• The Colonists passed the Intolerable Acts

Who jumped on the horse to warn the colonist that the British were coming?

• Paul Revere
• King George III
• John Adams

The "shot heard 'round the world" was which battle?

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Lexington and Concord
• Battle of Trenton