Road to the Revolution- Study Guide

Which action did the British government pass to punish the American colonists' response for the Boston Tea Party?

• The Coercive Acts
• The Stamp Act
• The Quartering Act
• The Tea Act

Which person is mostly credited with being the founder of the Sons of Liberty?

• Paul Revere
• Samuel Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

Which piece of British legislation required colonial assemblies to provide housing, food, and drink to British troops?

• Townshend Acts
• Declaratory Act
• Quartering Act
• Tea Act

How did the end of the French and Indian War most affect Native Americans?

• The British promised Native Americans an end to westward expansion
• Native Americans were given full control of the Ohio River Valley
• The British encouraged Native Americans to move into the 13 colonies
• Native Americans were forced to pay British war debts

Why did American colonists claim the British had no right to pass the Stamp Act?

• They believed the tax was too low to be effective
• They wanted to pay taxes directly to the King only
• They believed that British law said they could not be taxed if they were not represented.
• They thought only French law applied to them

What was one contribution that Paul Revere made to the American Revolution?

• He wrote the Declaration of Independence
• He influenced public opinion about the Boston Massacre.
• He served as the first President
• He founded the Daughters of Liberty

What was the role that the Daughters of Liberty played in the American Revolution?

• They fought on the front lines in the Continental Army
• They refused to buy British cloth and wove homemade cloth as a replacement
• They served as official messengers for the British King
• They were responsible for passing the Coercive Acts

What most directly caused the Boston Massacre?

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence
• The arrival of the Mayflower
• unarmed colonists throwing objects at British soldiers
• A disagreement over land in the Ohio River Valley

How did the British government raise money to pay off war debt?

• It increased taxes on American colonists.
• It sold British territory to France
• It decreased the size of the British navy
• It encouraged colonists to trade with Spain

What complaint against the British government led American colonists to throw tea into Boston Harbor?

• The price of tea was too low for merchants to make a profit
• Colonists were forced to pay taxes without representation in Parliament.
• The British government refused to allow tea to be sold in the colonies
• Colonists wanted to drink coffee instead of tea