Events Leading Up to the American Revolution

Twenty colonists were killed during the Boston Massacre.

• True.
• False.

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

• Boston Tea Party
• Intolerable Acts
• Boston Massacre
• Proclamation of 1763

Goods being imported to the colonies were taxed by which act?

• Declaratory Act
• Townshend Acts
• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act

Which of the following resulted in lower taxes on molasses?

• Declaratory Act

• Townshend Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

Great Britain developed a huge debt from fighting the _________________________ during the 1760s.

• American Revolution

• French and Indian War

• Crusades

• Holy War

This British law designated the area West of the Appalachian Mountains as the Indian Territory.

• Stamp Act of 1764

• Proclamation of 1763

• Townshend Acts of 1767

• Intolerable Acts of 1774

What does Boycott mean?

• to be in boy scouts

• to refuse to buy or use certain goods

• to illegally move in and out of the country

• a very important public or official announcement

Who won the French and Indian war?

• France

• Indians

• The United States of America

• The British

How did the French and Indian War help start the American Revolution?

• The British lost a lot of money in the war and started taxing American Colonists

• The Colonists didn't have any land

• The Colonists didn't have any food

• England wanted to take back the American Colonies

What did King George III prevent the colonists from doing? (Proclamation of 1763)

• having water

• traveling or moving past the Appalachian Mountains

• buying sugar and tea

• buying newspapers and stamps