Road to the Revolution

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 the colonists dumped 342 chest of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act
• It was when riders on fast horses delivered tea around Boston

What was the purpose of the Intolerable Acts?

• to raise money to pay off war debts
• to give more rights to colonist
• to prepare for war with the French
• to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party

What was the result of the first Continental Congress?

• They wrote the Declaration of Independence
• They sent a letter to King George
• They created the United States Army
• They agreed to stop buying sugar from England

What was an outcome of the French and Indian War?

• British territory was reduced

• France defeated Great Britain

• The British went deeply into debt

• Relationships between the colonies and Great Britain improved

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

• To protect the colonists and give land to Indians

• To punish the settlers

• To make money for the war

• To increase Great Britain's debt

Which part of the British government passes acts/laws?

• The British Congress

• Parliament

• The Royal Family

• The House of Burgesses

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

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Tea Act

The Stamp Act forced colonists to pay a tax on:

• Rubber stamps

• Candles

• Printed paper products

• Tea

To protest by refusing to buy a good or service

• Delegate

• Import

• Protest

• Boycott

A meeting in 1774, of delegates from 12 colonies, held to present complaints to King George III, to set up a boycott of British goods, and to arrange a second meeting if needed

• The Second Continental Congress

• The Minutemen

• The First Continental Congress

• The John Wise group