RMS 25-26 Unit 6 Review - Rise to Revolution

In 1770, British troops fired at colonists on the streets of Boston, killing 5 of them. Which event does this describe?

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Proclamation of 1763

• Intolerable Acts

Britain and France were in conflict over their desire to be a world power. Both wanted control of valuable land in North America. They went to war against one another, with Indians helping both sides. What event does this describe?

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Lexington and Concord

• French and Indian War

• Boston Massacre

Choose two reasons colonists were unhappy with Great Britain.

• Taxation without representation

• being able to vote in Parliament

• strict trade laws

• taxes being repealed or taken away

Which document written by Thomas Jefferson listed grievances (complaints) against the King of England?

• Intolerable Acts

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Declaration of Independence

Choose 2 ways the King tried to control the colonies ECONOMICALLY? $$$

• strict trade laws

• making them obey British laws

• choosing their governors

• taxing them

A protest group of men known as THIS, protested the tax on tea by throwing it into the Boston Harbor.

• Daughters of Liberty

• Sons of Liberty

• Committees of Correspondence

• First Continental Congress

Choose two ways Britain tried to control the colonies POLITICALLY -

• Colonists had to obey all British laws

• Colonial Governors were appointed by the King to enforce British laws

• strict trade laws

• high taxes

What was the purpose of the FIRST Continental Congress?

• To protest the tax on tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor

• The colonists fought against the Proclamation of 1763

• Representatives from colonies met to discuss their problems with British actions against Boston

• Representatives from colonies met to sign the Declaration of Independence

Who enforced the law in the colonies, helping to maintain order in the colonies. They were chosen by the King and had the final say in any laws the colonial legislatures made?

• colonial legislatures

• Sons of Liberty

• Thomas Jefferson

• governors

Who appointed or chose the colonial governors?

• The colonists

• King George III

• Thomas Jefferson

• the colonial legislature