Crash Course 6: Taxes and Smuggling

What was the primary reason for the American Revolution?

• Taxes

• Tea

• Land disputes

• Smuggling

Which act gave British courts the right to try colonial smugglers?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?

• To raise revenue for Britain

• To regulate colonial trade

• To encourage smuggling

• To reduce competition with Britain

What was the outcome of the Boston Massacre?

• Five colonists were killed

• Seven British soldiers were acquitted

• Two British soldiers were convicted of manslaughter

• John Adams defended the British soldiers

What did the Tea Act of 1773 offer?

• Tax exemptions and rebates for tea

• Higher taxes on tea

• A ban on tea imports

• A monopoly for the British-East India Company

What did the colonists do in response to the Tea Act?

• Dressed up as Indians and dumped tea into Boston Harbor

• Boycotted British goods

• Organized the Stamp Act Congress

• Sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III

What did the Continental Congress send to King George III in 1775 to attempt to reconcile with him?

• The Olive Branch Petition

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Stamp Act

• Common Sense pamphlet

Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense?

• Thomas Paine

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Charles Ingles

What did Common Sense argue about America's relationship with Britain?

• America should be an independent nation

• America should remain loyal to Britain

• America should seek reconciliation with Britain

• America should become a monarchy

When did the fighting between colonists and British soldiers begin?

• April 19, 1775

• July 4, 1776

• September 1774

• January 1776