Road to the Revolution

Why were the colonists so upset with the British?

• The British were taking their land away

• The British were taxing the Colonists without their input

• The British weren't sending them supplies

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What started the French Indian War ?

• The colonists started fighting with the French

• The colonists wanted more land from the British

• The British and the French wanted ownership over the same land.

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What was the stamp act?

• A British law that taxed toys

• A British law that taxed things made of paper

• A British law that taxed all British goods

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What was the Townshend Act?

• A British law that taxed all British imports

• A British law that taxed all American exports

• A British law that taxed tea

What was the Boston Massacre?

The Intolerable Acts were put in place to punish Boston for the

• Boston Massacre

• Boston shops that sold American tea

• Boston Tea Party

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Why did Boston colonists dump tea into the harbor?

• To protest the British laws about tea in the colonies

• Because they hated British tea and how it tasted

• Because they wanted to only drink American tea

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True or False: Closing the Boston harbor was part of the Intolerable acts

• True

• False

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Which of the following was part of the Intolerable Acts

• Colonists were unable to leave their homes

• Colonists were forced to practice the same religion

• Colonists were forced to house and feed British soliders

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Who was outnumbered and lost the battle of Lexington?

• The British

• The Colonists

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