Unit 2 Causes of the American Revolutionary War Part 1 of 2

On March 5, 1770 a group of protesters were violently killed in the street of Boston. Which of the following was the first African American to die—

• Samuel Adams
  

• Wentworth Cheswell

• Crispus Attucks

• James Armistead

The Ohio River Valley and Fur trading were both causes of which event—

• Sugar act

• Boston massacre

• French and Indian War

• Fundamental orders of Connecticut

Representative government began in the English colonies with the--

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Passage of the Maryland Toleration Act

• Massachusetts town meetings

Which of the following documents was established as a social contract in order to maintain peace amongst men in Plymouth, Massachusetts 1620--

• Fundamental orders of Connecticut

• Albany plan of union

• Treaty of Paris 1763

• Mayflower Compact

This act put a tax on paper goods, such as newspapers, wills, and playing cards.

• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
• Quartering Act

This act gave the British East India Company a monopoly on selling tea to the colonies. It made the taxed tea cheaper than the smuggled tea.  (Remember: a monopoly means they controlled the sale of ALL the tea)

• Stamp Act
• Boycott
• Intolerable Acts
• Tea Act

Which of the following made it illegal for the colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Proclamation of 1963
• Proclamation of 1973
• Proclamation of 1763
• Proclamation of 1873

England forced the colonies to pay taxes in order to pay off the debt from which war?

• French and Indian War
• Revolutionary War
• Civil War
• World War I

What was the event called where 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers in Boston?

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Battle of Boston
• Boston Harbour

What was the law that was passed that required colonists to house British troops in 1765?

• House the Troops Act
• Quartering Act
• The Fair Housing Act (FHA)
• British Renters Insurance