Road to Revolution

Who led the Sons of Liberty to protest a tax on tea by dumping it into Boston harbor?

• Samuel Adams

• William Pitt

• George Grenville

• Patrick Henry

What was the name of the secret organization that protested British policies and was led by Sam Adams?

• Committee of Correspondence

• No Taxation without Representation

• Boston Tea Party

• First Continental Congress

Which company bought tea in Asia and shipped it to the colonies and England?

• British East India Company

• Albany Plan of Union

• DIRECTIONS

• Lexington

What were the official legal documents that gave British soldiers the right to inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason?

• Writs of Assistance

• Sons of Liberty

• Lexington

• British East India Company

What was the name of the meeting of 12 colonial delegates who discussed the Intolerable Acts and how the colonies would help Massachusetts?

• First Continental Congress

• French and Indian War

• Non-importation Agreements

• Tea Act of 1773

Which act placed a tax on all paper documents such as trading cards, stationary, and newspapers?

• Stamp Act of 1765

• Navigation Act

• Townshend Act of 1767

• Quartering Act

What was the name of the bridge in Massachusetts colony where three hundred minutemen engaged in battle against a large army of British soldiers?

• Concord

• Hurons

• Sugar Act of 1764

• Boston Massacre - March 5, 1770

Who was the General who led the British and colonial troops in an attack against Fort Duquesne?

• Edward 'Bulldog' Braddock

• Joseph Brant

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

Who was the skilled lawyer who later became President of the USA and defended the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre?

• John Adams

• Charles Townshend

• Pontiac

• George Washington

Who was the Prime Minister of England in 1764 who led the charge to tax the colonists?

• George Grenville

• Patrick Henry

• John Adams

• Charles Townshend