Causes of the American Revolution Quiz

The king required the colonists to pay ____ in order to help pay for the French and Indian War.

• Taxes
• With tea
• with sugar
• with a credit card

Loyalist were....

• Colonists who wanted to support the independence of the colonies.
• Colonist who wanted to stay loyal to the British king.

What was the name of the war fought between England and France over land in North America?

• French and Native War
• French and Indian War
• Civil War
• American War

The tax placed on the colonists that required them to pay a tax on sugar, molasses, and other goods.

• Stamp Act
• Tea Act
• Sugar Act
• Paper Act

The saying colonists began to use to protest paying taxes to Great Britain and not having representatives in Parliament.

• We hate taxes!
• No more taxes!
• No taxation without representation!
• These taxes are unfair!

The event in which 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers.

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston, Massachusetts
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Harbor

What does it mean to revolt?

• to rise up against an authority in an act of rebellion.
• to stand up to a bully.
• to listen to rock music.
• to revolve around others.

The act passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay a tax on tea.

• Tea Act
• Sugar Act
• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act

The event in which the Sons of Liberty dumped tea into Boston Harbor as a protest.

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Harbor
• French and Indian War

About __________ pounds of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor

• 10
• 92,000
• 100
• 1