CAUSES OF AR ESCAPE ROOM QUIZ

Most of the 13 colonies were founded by people who wanted to escape _____________ in England.

• Debt

• Persecution

• Religion

• the King

The Stamp Act taxed all of the following?​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• playing cards
• newspapers
• magazines
• marriage certificates
• tea
• sugar

Which revolutionary called the incident in Boston where 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers a "massacre", used to persuade people that the British were not looking out for best interests of colonists?

• George Washingto

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Paul Revere

About 90% of tea coming to colonies was smuggled in. What does "smuggled" mean?

• taxed legally and sold

• bought

• brought in illegally--without paying taxes

• stolen

The Tea Act gave the (a)   a monopoly on tea sales, placing a tax on any tea sold by other companies.

Group that led the Boston Tea party and the protest of the Tea act--members included John Hancock, Paul Revere, and Sam Adams.

• Liberty Boys

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty

British government punished the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea party. The colonists called these acts the Intolerable acts. What did the King call them?

• Coercive Acts

• Punishment Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

Did colonists declare independence at the 1st Continental Congress?

• Yes

• No