Toxic Relationships: American Revolution

The French and Indian War cost King George and Great Britain a lot of money. To help pay for the war, the British colonies were ordered to 

• give up their food
• work for free
• become a part of the Army
• pay taxes without representation

A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called

• Congress
• Sons of Liberty
• Parliament
• Loyalists

The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. This act of protest is known as 

• the Boston Tea Party
• the Stamp Act
• Committees of Correspondence
• Boston Massacre

Many colonists did not want to remain loyal to Great Britain and King George. They wanted to be free from British rule. These colonists were called 

• Patriots
• Republicans
• Democrats
• Loyalists

Colonists who supported the Bitish king were called 

• Patriots
• Republicans
• Democrats
• Loyalists

The tax on all items in the colonies made of paper was called the

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Act
• Boston tea Party

Which Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1774 against the American colonies that the colonist could not tolerate?

• The Townshend Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Declaration of Independence

American colonist thought the taxes to be unfair because, "no taxation without ___________________."

• Representation

• Payment

• Trial

• congress

Name the protest that ended up with 1 million dollars worth of tea in the Boston Harbor.

• The Boston Massacre

• The Quartering Act

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Sons of Liberty

Were the colonist successful in having the Stamp Act repealed?

• Yes

• No