Events Leading to the American Revolution

Which of the following were not taxed as a result of the Townshend Act?

• glass

• paper

• lead

• roads

The Intolerable Acts were passed by the British as a result of

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

The Intolerable Acts shut down

• Philadelphia

• New York

• Charleston

• Boston

What was Parliament's response to the colonists' protests against the Stamp Act

• they refused to sell colonists stamps

• they repealed the Stamp Act

• they increased the tax on paper

• they arrested anyone who complained about the Stamp Act

What was the name of the law that the British passed that said the colonists had to provide food and housing to soldiers stationed in the colonies.

• The Townshend Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Stamp Act

• Declaratory Act

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

• it ended the French and Indian War

• it claimed the land in Florida for Great Britain

• it closed Western lands to settlers

• it opened territory west of the Appalachians Mountains for colonists to settle.

Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty or give me death." He identified himself as a which one of the following?

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Member of Parliament

• British citizen

It gave the British government the right to rule over the colonies including the right to tax

• the Townshend Act

• The Declaratory Act

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

It was the name for the group of delegates from 12 colonies who met in Philadelphia in September 1774 and agreed to boycott all British goods & to establish colonial militias.

• First Continental Congress

• Committee of Correspondence

• Second Continental Congress

• Grand Alliance

He was a member of the Sons of Liberty. It was rumored that he organized the Boston Tea Party.

• John Adams

• Sam Adams

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington