Causes of the American Revolution

Causes of the American Revolution

8th Grade

40 Qs

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

The colonists were wealthier than most British citizens.
Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.
The British wanted to punish the colonists for rebelling against the Proclamation.
Britain needed money to protect the colonists from the French.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the main reason that the colonists were protesting?

They didn`t like the type of tea that was shipped to them
They wanted the ships to leave
They thought the tea was priced too high
They felt they were being taxed unfairly without being represented in the government

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why did the Sons of Liberty dress up as Native Americans  and dump tea in the Boston Harbor?

To protest  and fight back against taxes on tea and other items
To celebrate 4th of July
To celebrate their American Revolution victory over the British
To protest against the Declaration of Independence

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called

Congress
Sons of Liberty
Parliament
Loyalists

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Great Britain was responsible for making the laws for the colonists, similar to our Congress. What was this group called? 

Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Parliament

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into Boston Harbor, this was called the

Boston Massacre

Boston Tea Party

Intolerable Acts

Treaty of Paris

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?

Live free or die

All men are created equal

Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

No taxation without representation

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