American Revolution

What were the Townshend Acts?

• Laws that taxed British imports to the colonies

• Laws that restricted colonial trade with other countries

• Laws that abolished slavery in the colonies

Why did the colonists see the Quartering Act as another means of British control?

• It required them to house British soldiers in public spaces

• It required them to pay higher taxes

• It required them to serve in the British army

What event became known as the Boston Massacre?

• The riot against the seizure of John Hancock's ship

• The dumping of tea into the Boston Harbor

• The firing of British soldiers on protesting colonists

• The passing of the Coercive Acts

What did the Daughters of Liberty do in response to the tax on tea?

• They led a boycott of British goods

• They wrote pamphlets advocating for independence

What did the Tea Act of 1773 allow?

• Only the British East India Company to sell tea in the colonies

• Colonists to import tea from any country

• Colonists to sell their own tea in the colonies

• Colonists to avoid paying taxes on tea

What event became known as the Boston Tea Party?

• The dumping of tea into the Boston Harbor

• The boycott of British goods by the Daughters of Liberty

• The passing of the Coercive Acts

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

What did Thomas Paine argue in his pamphlet Common Sense?

• That the colonies should remain loyal to the King

• That the colonies should declare independence from Britain

What did the Declaration of Independence state?

• That the colonies were cutting ties with Great Britain

• That the colonies were requesting more economic support from Great Britain