American Revolution

Why did Britain try to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

• The colonists were wealthier than most British citizens.

• Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.

• The British wanted to punish the colonists for rebelling against the Proclamation.

• Britain needed money to protect the colonists from the French.

What was the main reason that the colonists were protesting?

• They didn't like the type of tea that was shipped to them.

• They wanted the ships to leave.

• The thought the sugar was priced too high.

• They felt they were being taxed unfairly without being represented in the government.

Why did the Sons of Liberty dress up as Native Americans and dump tea in the Boston Harbor?

• To protest and fight back against taxes on tea and other items.

• To celebrate the 4th of July.

• To celebrate their American Revolution victory over the British.

• To protest against the Declaration of Independence.

A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called...

• Congress

• Sons of Liberty

• Parliament

• Loyalists

The ___________ was responsible for making laws for the colonists.

• Senate

• Congress

• House of Representatives

• Parliament

What was it called when the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor?

• Boston Massacre

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party

• Treaty of Paris

The Stamp Act was a tax on documents printed on paper.

• True

• False

Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?

• Live free or die

• All men are created equal

• Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

• No taxation without representation

The __________were passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.

• Navigation Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Final Act

What event had a small group of British soldiers fire into a crowd of colonists for throwing snowballs at them?

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Treaty

• Boston Rebellion

• Boston Tea Party