The Road to the Revolution

What items were being taxed with the "Stamp Act"? (Check all that apply)

• Newspapers

• Tea

• Legal documents

• Paint

• Letters

True or False: "No taxation without representation" means the king should not tax the colonists if they are NOT being represented in parliament.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What were the "Quartering Acts"?

• All colonists had to give a "quarter" of their food to the soldiers

• Colonists were forced to provide food and shelter to the British Army

• All colonists had to pay a quarter of their income to the king

• All of the above

What happened at the Boston Massacre?

• British troops fired on unarmed colonists

• 5 colonists were killed/ 6 colonists were injured

• It happened in 1770

• All of the above

What were the "Intolerable Acts"?

• It was the king's response to the Boston Tea Party

• It closed the Boston Harbor

• It shut down the Boston government

• All of these

What was the purpose of the pamphlet "Common Sense"?

• It talked about the Boston Tea Party

• It discusses the need for the Olive Branch Petition

• It lists all the reasons why the colonists need to declare their independence and break away from England.

• It lists all the reasons why the colonies should STAY with England and pay all the taxes without complaining.

Who wrote the pamphlet called "Common Sense"?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

True or False: The British government thought they had every right to tax the colonists since they protected the colonies during the war.

• True

• False

What was the name of the group that many colonists began to join when heading towards independence?

• Sons of Anarchy

• Men against the government

• Daughters of the American Revolution

• The Sons of Liberty

refusal to buy goods

• Stamp Act

• boycott

• Sugar Act

• Sons of Liberty