Road to Independence

What event happened as a result of the Tea Act of 1773?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Lexington and Concord

• Declaring Independence

What did the Stamp Act Tax?

• Stamps :) 
• newspapers, documents, almanacs etc...
• Tea
• Lead, glass, and cotton

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Samuel Adams
• Thomas Paine

Which law was enacted after the Boston Tea Party

• Writs of Assistance
• Intolerable Act
• Quartering Act

What document prevent colonist from settle west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Proclamation of 1763
• Albany Plan
• Proclamation of 1783

What main issue caused the colonists to want to rebel against England?

• The colonists' ability to criticize national government

• The colonists' ability to establish local government

• The colonists' right to participate in national government

• The colonists' responsibility to handle local finances

How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act?

• Dumped tea in the Boston Harbor

• Attacked British troops with bricks and stones

• Declared independence

• Protested with petitions and demonstrations

What did the Quartering Act say?

• British Soldiers could search your house without a cause to

• Colonists had to pay a tax on thier houses

• Colonists had to allow British Soldiers to stay in their homes

• British Soldiers could seize any house they wanted

When did the Boston Massacre happen?

• 1000 B.C.

• March 5, 1770

• March 15, 1770

• April 18, 1781

What was the name of the latest tax that the British had imposed on the American colonies?

• Adams Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• King Street Acts