Causes & Events of the American Revolution

Parliament passes the __________, requiring colonists to pay a direct tax on a variety of printed items.

• A. Intolerable Acts
• B. Townshend Act
• C. Stamp Act
• D. Tax Act

___________ helps to found the Sons of Liberty, a secret resistance group.

• A. Thomas Jefferson
• B. Samuel Adams
• C. George Washington
• D. John Locke

Tensions rise between Britain and the colonies when the ________ leaves Crispus Attucks and four others dead.

• A. Boston Tea Party
• B. Battle of Lexington
• C. Battle of Bunker Hill
• D. Boston Massacre

Colonists stage the _____________ to send a forceful message to Britain communicating their feelings about the Tea Act.

• A. Boston Tea Party
• B. Boston Massacre
• C. the seizure of the ship Liberty
• D. Olive Branch Petition

Parliament passes what the colonists call the _____________, a series of measures that, among other things, shut down Boston Harbor and authorized British commanders to house soldiers in private homes.

• A. Townshend Acts
• B. RU Kiddin' Me Act
• C. Intolerable Acts
• D. Unfair Acts

What was written by Thomas Paine

• A. The Declaration of Independence
• B. Olive Branch Petition
• C. Articles of Confederation
• D. Common Sense

What was written by Thomas Jefferson

• A. Declaration of Independence
• B. Olive Branch Petition
• C. Articles of Confederation
• D. Common Sense

life, liberty, and the pursuit happiness are what?

• A. rules
• B. unalienable rights
• C. what we live by
• D. something that no one knows

It was the document that urged King George to consider a return to “ peace & harmony” between Britain and the colonies.

• A. Declaration of Independence
• B. Olive Branch Petition
• C. Articles of Confederation
• D. Common Sense

It Declared and Signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776

• A. Committee of Correspondence
• B. Second Continental Congress
• C. Sons of Liberty
• D. Articles of Confederation