Road to Revolution Week 9

Read the list of acts passed by Parliament:

Sugar Act

Quartering Act

Stamp Act

Tea Act

These laws led to the American Revolution because they.....

• violated the rights of colonists

• limited colonial expansion westward

• fined colonists for breaking the law

• restricted colonial trade with the French

Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts

Why did the British Parliament pass these laws?

• to pay colonists who boarded soldiers

• to build new trading ships for the colonies

• to purchase land in America from Spain

• to repay debts from the French and Indian War

The Boston Tea Party

What did this even represent to many colonists?

• support for loyalty to Great Britain

• resistance against foreign merchants

• protest to unfair laws and taxes

• desire for trade with American Indians

The Sons of Liberty were responsible for organizing which of the following events?

• Boston Tea Party

• French and Indian War

• Boston Massacre

• First Continental Congress

Paul Revere created this image most likely to.....

• provoke anger against British Soldiers

• honor those who died during the fighting

• depict the Boston Massacre accurately

• encourage colonists to follow British laws

Which is the effect of the French and Indian War?

• The colonists boycotted British goods

• The colonists were taxed to pay the war debt

• the colonists destroyed shipments of tea

• the colonists declared independence from Great Britain.

__________ is a representative branch of the British government that makes laws.

• The House of Representatives

• The Prime Minister

• Parliament

• The Senate

Parliament decided that the ______ were responsible for paying the war debt.

• American Indians

• French

• Colonists

• Spanish

The colonists decided to _______ the taxed items.

• Boycott

• Pay for

• Buy

• Trade

______ put taxes on many household items, such as paint, glass, and tea.

• The British Acts

• King George III

• the Colonial Acts

• The Townshend Acts