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Causes of American Revolution

Authored by Hector Espinoza

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Causes of American Revolution
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why did Britain start taxing the colonists in 1764?

Britain was in debt after winning the French and Indian War.

Britain was in debt after spending so much money trying to find the lost colonists.

Britain was in debt after spending so much money on Jamestown after the Starving Time.

Britain was in debt after losing the French and Indian War.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why did colonists disguise themselves as Native Americans and dump tea in the Boston Harbor?

They were angry about the Intolerable Acts.

They were angry about the Sugar Act.

They were angry about the Boston Massacre.

They were angry about the Tea Act.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why did Britain pass the Intolerable Acts?

To punish the colonists for harassing British tax collectors.

To punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

To punish the colonists for the Sugar Act.

To punish the colonists for the Boston Massacre.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

The Proclamation gave the colonies their independence

The Proclamation was a series of taxes

King George III made the Appalachian Mountains the western boundary of the colonist

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What Act placed a tax on all paper items in the colonies?

Stamp Act

Sugar Act

Townshend Act

Intolerable Acts

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify an example of Civil Disobedience:

Boston Tea Party

Sugar Act

Intolerable Acts

Boston Massacre

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify the series of laws intended to punish the people of Boston for the Boston Tea Party:

The Intolerable Acts

The Proclamation of 1763

The Sugar Act

The Boston Massacre

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