Taxes & Smuggling - Prelude to Revolution: Crash Course

What was the primary reason for the American Revolution?

• Taxation without representation

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Stamp Act

• The Intolerable Acts

Which act gave British courts the right to try colonial smugglers?

• The Stamp Act

• The Sugar Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Tea Act

What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?

• To regulate colonial trade

• To raise revenue for Britain

• To reduce competition with Britain

• To encourage smuggling

What was the outcome of the Boston Massacre?

• Two British soldiers were convicted of manslaughter

• Seven British soldiers were acquitted

• John Adams defended the British soldiers

• Five colonists were killed

What did the Tea Act of 1773 offer?

• A boycott of British goods

• Cheap tea from the British-East India Company

• A tax on tea imports

• Tax exemptions and rebates for tea

Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense?

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Paine

What did the Olive Branch Petition propose?

• The formation of the Continental Congress

• A boycott of British goods

• Independence from Britain

• Reconciliation with Britain

When did the fighting between colonists and British soldiers begin?

• April 19, 1775

• July 4, 1776

• September 1774

• January 1776

What did the Second Continental Congress declare in 1776?

• The repeal of the Stamp Act

• The formation of the Continental Congress

• Reconciliation with Britain

• Independence from Britain

What did Thomas Paine argue in Common Sense?

• That America should have a monarchy

• That America should form a republic

• That America should remain loyal to Britain

• That America should be an independent nation