Pre-Revolution Video (Chapter 5)

What was the American Revolution primarily about?

• Taxes

• Tea

• Representation and rights

• Smuggling

What event left the colonists with a large war debt?

• The Seven Years War

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Acts

Why were the colonists upset about the new taxes imposed by Britain?

• Preference for tea

• Lack of representation

• Smuggling difficulties

• The high cost

What was the first major coordinated action by the colonies?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Stamp Act Congress

• The Boston Massacre

• The formation of the Sons of Liberty

What act declared that all printed material had to carry a stamp?

• The Townshend Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Sugar Act

• The Molasses Act

What was the purpose of the Stamp Act Congress?

• To draft the Declaration of Independence

• To organize a boycott of British goods

• To form the Sons of Liberty

• To protest the Tea Act

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• British tax collectors

• Members of the British Parliament

• Colonial smugglers

• A group organizing protests

What event was described as the worst outcome of a snowball fight in American history?

• The Tea Act

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

• The Boston Massacre

What was the outcome of the Boston Massacre trials?

• Seven soldiers were acquitted

• All soldiers were convicted

• All soldiers were acquitted

• Two soldiers were convicted of manslaughter

What was the colonial response to the Tea Act?

• The Stamp Act Congress

• The formation of the Sons of Liberty

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Olive Branch Petition