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Causes of the American Revolution

Quiz

_____1. Which phrase is directly associated with the American colonists’ reaction to the Stamp Act?

A. Live free or die B. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness C. All men are created equal D. No taxation without representation

_____ 2.Which concern of the colonists in North America led to the American Revolution?

A. opposition to British tax policies

B. desire for greater religious freedom

C. fear of attacks by American Indians

D. increasing immigration from countries other than Britain

_____3. The Boston Massacre took place in 1770 in the British colony of Massachusetts.

Which description of this event is written from the point of view of the Sons of Liberty?

A. Conflict between British soldiers and Boston residents resulted in five deaths.

B. Unprovoked British soldiers fired into a defenseless crowd, taking five innocent lives.

C. British soldiers were surrounded by unruly colonists and fired their muskets in self-defense.

D. A mob of angry Bostonians unlawfully confronted British soldiers, resulting in

several deaths.

_____4. The Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to change the political situation in the 1760s. How did the Sons of Liberty work to repeal the Stamp Act?

A. by taking military action against the British

B. by forming alliances with the enemies of Britain

C. by meeting with Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act

D. by participating in public protests against the Stamp Act

_____5. The Stamp Act was a tax on ______.

  1. NewspapersB. Legal Documents

C. Playing CardsD. All of the above

_____6. The main purpose of the Sugar Act was to lower taxes on sugar and molasses and decrease ______of those items.

  1. useB. smuggling

C. buyingD. selling

_____7. The Coercive Acts were passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. The colonists called them the ______.

A. Navigation ActsB. Non-Importation Acts

C. Intolerable ActsD. Final Acts

_____8. In response to the Tea Act, the colonists threw tea from British ships into Boston harbor. This event is known as the ______.

A. Boston Tea PartyB. Boston cream pie

C. Boston RiotsD. Boston Baked Beans

9-13. Identify the cause (write a “C” on the line) and effect (write an “E” on the line) in each of the following pairs of sentences. (5 Points)

_____9a. Parliament passes the Townshend Acts

_____9b. Colonists organize protests and boycotts against British goods.

_____10a. Colonists throw tea into Boston Harbor.

_____10b. British pass the Coercive Acts

_____11a. British Parliament passes the Stamp Act

_____11b.Britain has a huge war debt from the French and Indian War.

_____12a. Britain wants to avoid conflict with Native Americans in the Ohio Valley.

_____12b. Parliament issues the Proclamation of 1763.

_____13a. Colonists begin collecting arms and ammunition for their militias.

_____13b. General Gage sends a regiment of troops into the Massachusetts countryside

to squash colonial resistance.

_____14. British pass the Stamp Act

_____15. British pass the Tea Act

_____16. British troops take over Boston to quiet the rioting

caused by the Townshend Act

_____17. British move to destroy militia stores of

guns and ammunition and arrest John Hancock

and Sam Adams

_____18. British pass the Townshend Act

_____19. British issue the Proclamation of 1763

_____20. Colonists boycott tea and throw the

Boston Tea Party

_____21. British pass the Sugar Act

_____22. To help unite those opposed to the tax policy of Great Britain, colonists formed______. These committees talked with other towns and cities to keep everyone informed about new tax laws. Many committees organized boycotts of certain goods.

  1. Committees of Communication
  2. Sons of Liberty
  3. Minutemen
  4. Committees of Correspondence

_____23. Colonists who refused to pay for the stamp could be turned over to the ______.

  1. police
  2. Vice Admiralty Courts
  3. Sons of Liberty
  4. Parliament

_____24. Many colonies formed secret societies called the ______to oppose the Stamp Act.

  1. Sons of LibertyB. Freemasons

C. SkullsD. Matrix

_____ 25. Due to the widespread anger and defiance of the act, Parliament eventually______the Stamp Act in 1766.

  1. replacedB. rewroteC. repealedD. strengthened

_____26. Five Bostonians were killed in the Boston Massacre, including ______, the first African American to die in the American Revolution.

  1. Christopher AdkinsB. Atticus Finch

C. Spartacus MaximusD. Crispus Attucks

_____ 27. Colonists in Boston were required to house and supply British soldiers as a result of the ______.

  1. Housing ActB. Quartering Act

C. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentD. Intoleration Acts

_____28. In response to all the taxes, the colonists decided to organize an official stand against The British. In 1774, the colonists called the ______in Philadelphia.

A. First Continental CongressB. Declaration of Resolves

C. American House of BurgessesD. Faneuil Hall

29. The Declaration of Resolves included what the colonists saw as their rights, including "______."

30. The ______were a tax on imported goods like paper, glass, lead, paint and tea.