Exploring the Road to the Revolutionary War

What was the main issue that caused a growing divide between the British and American colonies after the French and Indian War?

• Debate over taxes and liberties

• Territorial disputes

• Religious differences

• Cultural differences

What was the first direct tax imposed on the American colonies by the British Parliament?

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

What was the slogan used by the colonists to protest against the Stamp Act?

• Liberty or Death

• Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

• Join or Die

• No Taxation Without Representation

Which group was formed to enforce boycotts and sometimes used violent means to protest British policies?

• Daughters of Liberty

• Continental Congress

• Sons of Liberty

• Patriots

Who was the first person to die in the Boston Massacre, considered the first casualty of the American Revolution?

• Crispus Attucks

• Paul Revere

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

What event is considered the first open act of organized rebellion against the British?

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Battle of Lexington

• First Continental Congress

Which revolutionary figure criticized the destruction of the Boston Tea Party?

• Samuel Adams

• Paul Revere

• John Adams

• George Washington

What were the Intolerable Acts intended to do?

• Grant independence to the colonies

• Promote religious freedom

• Encourage trade with Britain

• Smother resistance in the colonies

Where did the first battles of the American Revolutionary War take place?

• New York and Lexington

• Philadelphia and Boston

• Lexington and Concord

• Boston and Concord

What was the outcome of the initial clash at Lexington?

• American victory with no casualties

• British forces retreated immediately

• British victory with no casualties

• Eight militiamen were killed