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Causes of the American Revolution

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  • Which of the following was an act of "Civil Disobedience?
    The Townshend Acts
    The Boston Massacre
    The Boston Tea Party
    The Proclamation Line of 1763
  • What is the name of the event in which 5 unarmed colonists were killed by British Soldiers?
    Boston Killings
    Boston Murders
    Boston Massacre
    Boston Tea Party
  • The Magna Carta reduced the power of:
    The Boston Tea Party
    Samuel Adams
    The King of England
    Benjamin Franklin
  • The English Bill of Rights provided colonists:
    the right to vote
    freedom of religion
    basic rights, like trial by jury
  • The result of "No Taxation without Representation
    The American Revolution
    The Treaty of Versailles
    The French and Indian War
    The Treaty of Paris
  • Was the founder of the Sons of Liberty.
    Benjamin Franklin
    George Washington
    Samuel Adams
    Crispus Attucks
  • War fought for control of the Ohio River Valley in North America
    The Proclamation Line of 1763
    The American Revolution
    The Colonial War
    The French and Indian War
  • After 1763, settlers were pushing west across the Appalachian mountains and come into conflict with what group?
    French
    Portuguese
    Spaniards
    Indians/Natives
  • when England limited trade with the colonists and forced them to provide raw materials =
    democracy
    socialism
    free enterprise
    mercantilism
  • Who wrote that Government was like a social contract?
    John Locke
    Thomas Jefferson
    John Adams
    Samuel Adams
  • Sons of Liberty + Boston Tea Party =    ?
    Fort Sumter
    Boston Massacre
    Intolerable Acts
    Townshend Acts
  • Ended the French and Indian War, and gave England control of the Ohio River Valley.
    The Treaty of Paris
    The Quartering Act
    The Boston Massacre
    The Treaty of Versailles
  • Author of Common Sense
    Thomas Paine
    George Strait
    Alexander Hamilton
    George Washington
  •  The the intolerable acts closed what?            
    Boston Businesses
    Boston people's minds giving into the King
    Boston Harbor
    Boston Government
  • Give me liberty, or give me death!
    Patrick Henry
    Benjamin Franklin
    Thomas Paine
    Thomas Jefferson
  • A fee that a colonist had to pay for a document, newspaper, or letters?
    Quartering Act
    Sugar Act
    Stamp Act
    Townshend Acts
  • Lowered the tax on molasses for colonists, in order to prevent smuggling in the colonies
    Sugar Act
    Boston Harbor
    Intolerable Acts
    Townshend Acts
  • Served as punishment to the colonists (due to the Boston Tea Party)
    The House of Burgesses
    The Townshend Acts
    The Stamp Act
    The Intolerable Acts
  • Why did most colonists not like the Proclamation of 1763?
    Because lands east of the Appalachian Mts were settled
    Most colonists agreed with his decision
    Because lands west of the Appalachian Mts were settled.
    They thought King George Ill was crazy
  • Which of the following was created by Benjamin Franklin but turned down by the colonies?
    Committees of Correspondence
    The Albany Plan of Union
    The French and Indian War
    The Boston Tea Party
  • A colonist could not pass the Appalachian Mountains. Which law was he following?
    The Boston Massacre
    The Proclamation Line of 1763
    The Boston Tea Party
    The Treaty of Paris
  • If a colonist paid a tax on glass or lead, he/she was paying which of the following?
    The Quartering Act
    The Townshend Acts
    The Sugar Act
    The Stamp Act
  • punishment for Boston Tea Party =
    Saratoga
    Intolerable Acts
    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
    Boston Massacre
  • This means to refuse to buy one or more goods from a certian source.
    boycott
    repeal
    propaganda
    petition
  • First battle of the American Revolution
    Battle of Saratoga
    Lexington and Concord
    Yorktown
    Valley Forge
  • official document declaring seperation from Britain
    Treaty of Paris
    Declaration of Sentiments
    American Revolution
    Declaration of Independence
  • What King was crowned King of England in 1760?
    King George V
    King George III
    King George IV
  • French and Indian War =
    George Washington died
    impressment
    reason why England taxed the colonies
  • Turning raw materials into finished products = from the colonies to mother England
    Enlightenment
    Capitalism
    Mercantalism
    Triangular Trade
  • Why is Mercy Warren remembered today?
    she supported the King of England
    she was the mother of George Washington
    she wrote letters and poems about the American Revolution
    she was an abolitionist
  • George Washington, John Adams, Samuel Adams, the Sons of Liberty
    Patriots
    Loyalists
  • Because of the growth of Representative Government, by 1763, the colonists were used to what?
    Following the laws of England
    Obeying the King
    Being Slaves to the mother country
    Self-Government
  • Crispus Attucks was the first casualty of this incident in Massachusettes.
    The French and Indian War
    The Boston Tea Party
    The Treaty of Paris
    The Boston Massacre
  • Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are:
    part of the Proclamation Line of 1763
    a movie
    only for the monarchy
    unalienable rights
  • Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty used this as a slogan of protest.
    Down with Tyranny!
    Mankind is not Fair!
    No Taxation without Representation!
    Slaughter the King!
  • What was the purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?
    To give the colonies a system of communication
    To vote
    To promote taxation
    To reduce the power of the King
  • Which colonial law imposed by the King does the picture represent?
    The Quartering Act
    The Proclamation Line of 1763
    The Stamp Act
    The Townshend Acts
  • The British had to pay off a large debt left over from what war?
    The French and Indian War
    The Spanish War
    The British War
    The American Revolution