Revolutionary Era

Which act taxed just paper?

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Townshend Duties

• Intolerable Acts

Which act put an indirect tax on paint, paper, tea and other goods?

• Townshend Duties

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

Which act allowed the East India Tea Company to sell their tea to the colonists at cheap prices?

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Duties

Which act was put in place to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party?

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Townshend Duties

Who did the British fight against during the French and Indian War?

• France and their Indian allies

• Colonists

• Spain and their Indian allies

• France and the colonists

Many colonists protested the Stamp Act because

• they wanted to pay the same as people in Britain.

• they didn’t want to pay more taxes while the economy was bad.

• they thought the taxes were too high.

• they did not vote on representation in Parliament, but were still being taxed.

Why did the British march to Lexington?

• They wanted to discourage the colonists' formation of militias

• They knew the heights around Lexington made it a strategic location.

• They wanted to station more troops in colonists' homes

• They were looking for George Washington’s troops.

Where were the first shots of the Revolution fired?

• Lexington
• Saratoga
• Yorktown
• Ohio River Valley

Which group carried out the Boston Tea Party?

• Daughters of Liberty
• Committees of Correspondence 
• Sons of Liberty
• Parliament

What was the first act of violence between the colonists and the British?

• Lexington

• Bunker Hill

• Saratoga

• Boston Massacre