Events Leading to the American Revolution Formative

1. Which two countries fought in the French and Indian War?

• United States and Canada
• Great Britain and France
• France and Canada
• Great Britain and United States

2. Which country won the French and Indian War?

• France
• India
• United States
• Great Britain

3. Check three examples of taxes that the British imposed on the colonists.

• computers
• sugar
• paper documents
• water
• tea

4. What slogan did the colonists adopt to protest British taxes?

• "Let's be ruled by faraway England!"
• "Let's pay taxes, but have no voice in government!"
• "No taxation without representation!"
• "We love taxes, we love taxes!"

5. Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• Tyrants from Great Britain
• Women who made goods at home instead of buying them from the British.
• The British Parliament that issued laws that were unfair to the colonists
• A secret organization who protested taxes.

6. What event occurred when member of the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into the Boston harbor?

• Common Sense
• Boston Massacre
• Sugar Act of 1764
• Boston Tea Party

7. What were TWO actions that King George III and the British Parliament did after the Boston Tea Party? Check two!

• He stopped making the colonists pay taxes.
• Parliament closed the Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the destroyed tea.
• King George III decided to let the colonists rule their own country.
• Parliament replaced the Massachusetts government with a British controlled government.