The Road to Revolution

What did the colonists call the Coercive Acts, passed by Parliament in the spring of 1774?

• Intolerable Acts

• Tariff of Abominations

• Declaratory Act

• Acts of Cruelty

Why did Great Britain raise taxes in its American colonies?

• to pay for the King's lavish lifestyle

• to pay for the French and Indian War and the cost of defending the colonies

• to pay for the cost of transporting slaves to the colonies

• to punish smugglers

A popular method of protesting British laws was to __________, or refuse to buy British goods.

• boycott

• ignore

Why was the phrase "no taxation without representation" so important to the revolutionary cause?

• colonists did not wish to support a government in which they had no voice

• Great Britain would have ended taxation if colonists had kept the peace

• colonists believed that great Britain should only tax certain items

• Great britain only taxed the colonists to force them into war

This prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• Coercive Acts

• Declaratory Act

Paul Revere's engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feelings among the colonists?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Quartering Act

Which act gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants?

• Declaratory Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

The Sons of Liberty primary purpose was to 

• undermine British rule in the colonies.

• uphold British rule in the colonies.

• abolish slavery.

• deliver correspondence.

What is the central point of the Declaration of Independence?

• That the colonies should be better represented in Parliament

• That the taxes on tea and stamps were too high

• That the colonies were breaking with England to form their own country

• That King George III was a terrible tyrant

What happened at Lexington and Concord?

• the Declaration was ratified

• the Second Continental Congress met

• the Declaration Committee met

• a battle was fought