2 - The American Revolution

Who did colonists believe had the only right to tax them?

• King George III

• The Sons and Daughters of Liberty

• their colonial elected officials

• The British Parliament

What was King George III reaction to the Boston Tea Party?

• The Boston Massacre

• The passage of the Coercive, or Intolerable, Acts

• He allowed colonial representation in Parliament

• Repealed the Stamp Act

What is the difference between a Patriot and a Loyalist?

• Tom Brady

• Loyalists supported agriculture. Patriots supported manufacturing.

• Patriots supported the king and Parliament. Loyalists wanted war.

• Patriots wanted independence. Loyalists wanted to stay loyal to the king.

All of the following are reasons that the Sugar Act would have made the American colonists unhappy EXCEPT...

• Colonists would have been upset about paying more in taxes than people living in Great Britain.

• Colonists would have been upset at the lack of representation in Parliament to oppose the new taxes.

• Colonists would have felt that their right as Englishmen to be secure in their homes was being violated by the writs of assistance.

• Colonists would have felt their rights as Englishmen were violated by being denied a jury trial.

All of the following were colonial reactions to the Stamp Act EXCEPT...

• Delegates from nine colonies met in New York for the Stamp Act Congress which sent a statement to the king and Parliament declaring that only colonial assemblies could tax the colonists.

• Patrick Henry got the House of Burgesses in Virginia to pass a resolution against it.

• Protestors burned effigies made to look like unpopular tax collectors.

• Colonists threw more than 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

Which phrase best represents the colonists main complaint against the British taxation?

• "We're going to build a wall and make the British pay for it."

• "Join or die!"

• "No taxation without representation"

• "America - I'm Lovin' It!"

Taxed almost all printed materials in the colonies

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act, 1764

• Stamp Act, 1765

• Declaratory Act, 1766

• Townshend Acts, 1767

British policy prohibited colonists from moving west of Appalachian Mountains

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act, 1764

• Stamp Act, 1765

• Declaratory Act, 1766

• Townshend Acts, 1767

Political body that was created in the colonies to challenge British control.

• Continental Congress

• House of Burgesses

• Olive Branch Petition

• Declaration of Independence

Lowered tax on imported molasses in order to stop smuggling

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act, 1764

• Stamp Act, 1765

• Declaratory Act, 1766

• Townshend Acts, 1767