Causes of the Revolution

The 1765 act that taxed paper and printed goods in the colonies was the ___.

• Paper Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Pamphlet Promotion

Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation and housing?

• the Stamp Act

• the Quartering Act

• the Coercive Acts

• the Proclamation of 1763

What was the First Continental Congress?

• the laws passed against colonists

• the meeting of delegates from 12 colonies

• the lawmakers of the British government

• the treaty between different colonies

What was the Boston Tea Party?

• It was a party held to celebrate the Tea Act.
• It was Boston's response to the Intolerable Acts.
• It was when colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.
• It was when riders on fast horses delivered tea around Boston.

What was the Boston Massacre?

• It was when British soldiers marched to "seize and destroy" the Patriot's military supplies.

• It was an area of Boston that was occupied by British soldiers.

• It was when British soldiers panicked and fired into a crowd of angry colonists.

• It was when Patriots drank tea near Boston Harbor.

Which Act allowed one company to sell tea to the colonies?

• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts

the law that said the American colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains due to conflict with the Native Americans

• Proclamation of 2016
• Proclamation of Mrs. Soileau
• Indian Lands Proclamation
• Proclamation of 1763

Why did England impose taxes on the colonies?

• Pay for the cost of a new navy.
• Build roads to the Ohio River Valley.
• Show colonists who was in charge.
• Pay off debts owed from the French and Indian War.

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“

King of England during the Revolutionary War era.

• King George III

• King Charles II

• King George II

• King Ferdinand