Events Leading to the Revolutionary War

___ cost England a lot of money.

• The Civil War
• The Mexican Session
• The Spanish American War
• The French and Indian War

To help pay for the cost of the French and Indian War, King George and Parliament taxed...

• Only the American Colonists
• Only the English Citizens
• The Native Americans
• Both the American Colonists and the Citizens of England

One of the King and Parliament's first attempts to tax the American Colonists was

• The Paper Act
• The Coercive Acts
• The Stamp Act
• The Intolerable Acts

The Stamp Act taxed which goods?

• All electronic devices like iPhones, tablets, and smart watches
• Paper goods such as legal documents, pamphlets, and playing cards
• Baked goods like muffins, breads, and cakes
• All products made from wood

The American Colonists gladly paid the taxes from the Stamp Act.

• True
• False

The Boston Massacre...

• Created lasting friendships between the colonists and the British soldiers
• Fueled the anger felt by the colonists towards the Mother Country: England
• Killed 5 British soldiers
• Had no effect on the rising tension between America and England

The Tea Act

• Made the colonists very happy because they could now afford to buy tea
• Limited the colonists to tea from one BRITISH company
• Allowed colonists to buy tea from wherever they wanted

The Boston Tea Party...

• Was a joyous occasion filled with fun times and definitely didn't increase the tension between the colonists and England
• Was seen by England as completely disrespectful and must require punishment
• Never happened
• Was a celebration for England because they were getting along so well with the colonists in America

The Intolerable Acts...

• were also known as the Coercive Acts and were meant to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protesting
• were happily accepted by the colonists
• taxed paper goods like documents, pamphlets, and playing cards
• limited the colonists to cheap tea from the British East India Tea Company

The Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts were all events that led to the ___ War.

• Revolutionary
• Civil
• Spanish American
• French and Indian