The Enlightenment: The American Revolution

The British Empire in America: Steps to War

King George III (The King of England) needed funding. Why did King George need income? Select TWO.

• He wanted the colonists to help pay for the Stamp Act of 1765.

• He wanted the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War.

• He wanted the colonists to help pay for the troops still on guard from the French and Indian War.

• He wanted the colonists to help pay the death benefits for soldiers who fought in the French and Indian War..

British Empire in America: Steps to War

King George raised taxes on the colonists for income. The colonists protested because they had no ​ ​ (a)   in ​ (b)   . The King had no right to ​ (c)   them.

• representation
• Parliament
• tax
• money
• arrest
• The French and Indian War
• America

Based on date (the first even to the latest event), reorder the following steps that led to the American Revolutionary War.

• Boston Massacre

• The Stamp Act of 1765

• The Boston Tea Party

• Second Continental Congress

The Colonists Rebel: What was the Stamp Act of 1765?

• a tax paid for the right to sell stamps

• a tax paid for the right to buy stamps

• a tax paid for the right to print stamps

The Colonists Rebel: How many American colonists dies in the Boston Massacre in 1770?

• 7

• 5

• 50

The Colonists Rebel: During the Boston Tea Party in 1773, how did the American colonists protest the tax on tea?

• by dumping tea into the Boston Harbor

• by dumping tea onto the streets of Boston

• by dumping tea into several rivers in Boston.

The Colonists Rebel: In 1776 who did the Second Continental Congress name as commander of its army?

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

The Colonists Rebel: What did the Second Continental Congress issue to England?

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

The Colonists Rebel: What was the Second Continental Congress?

• a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies to unite in support of The American Revolution

• a meeting of delegates from England to unite against America

• a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies to plan the Boston Tea Party