Revolutionary War Review Day 1-3

What was the MAIN reason the colonists were angry about these new taxes?

• Colonists hated paying taxes
• Colonists had no representation in the British government
• Colonists did not have the money to pay the new taxes
• Colonists hated Britain

Which act limited colonists’ westward movement past the Appalachian Mountains?

• Stamp Act
• Intolerable Act
• Declaration of Boundaries
• Proclamation of 1763

Which act forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers.

• Townshend Acts
• Declaratory Act
• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act

Where was the first shot fired in the Revolutionary War?

• Lexington
• Saratoga
• Concord
• Breed’s Hill

Once the sugar tax was passed colonists protested by ________; they refused to buy molasses and sugar.

• Boycotting
• Petitioning
• Repealing
• Ratifying

What was the name of the radical group founded by Samuel Adams in response to higher British taxes?

• Ku Klux Klan
• Adams’ Raiders
• Continental Congress
• Sons of Liberty

Which law passed by Parliament led to a famous event where colonists dressed up as Native Americans and committed acts of vandalism and destruction?

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townsend Act
• Tea Act

What was Great Britain’s response to the Boston Tea Party that included the closing of Boston Harbor?

• Townsend Acts
• Intolerable Acts
• Riot Acts
• Proclamation of 1773

Which event FIRST showed that tensions between the British and colonists would turn violent

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Lexington and Concord
• Second Continental Congress

This image depicts British soldiers firing on a mob on March 5, 1770. This event is known as the -

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Shots Heard Round the World
• First Endeavor