Causes of American Revolution
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- Q1What made merchants angry that the taxes on molasses and sugar increased?Quartering ActStamp ActSugar ActTea Act30s
- Q2What made colonists angry that imported goods such as glass, tea, and paper are taxed, as well as, the writs of assistance and British judges sent to stop colonial smuggling?Proclamation of 1763Townshend ActSugar ActTea Act30s
- Q3Colonists were angry that they cannot live west of the Appalachian Mountains because ofTea ActStamp ActSugar ActProclamation of 176330s
- Q4The port of Boston is closed, committees of correspondence are banned and Massachusetts is placed under military rule is calledProclamation of 1763Tea ActThe Intolerable ActsQuartering Act30s
- Q5What caused colonists to become angry that they have to house and provide supplies to British soldiers?Quartering ActSugar ActTownshend ActTea Act30s
- Q6Colonists were angry that another tax is placed on colonial goods and that they have to buy tea from a British company was theStamp ActTea ActSugar ActIntolerable Act30s
- Q7What was the act when colonists had to pay extra for official documents like wills, contracts and newspapers?Stamp ActIntolerable ActQuartering ActProclamation of 176330s
- Q8Colonists who opposed Great Britain and its policies wereLoyalistsPatriots30s
- Q9Colonists who supported Great Britain and its policies werePatriotsLoyalists30s
- Q10Who created an exaggerated scene of the Boston Massacre?John AdamsPaul RevereSam Adams30s
- Q11What was the destruction of 342 chests of tea in Boston to protest the Tea ActTar and FeatherboycottBoston Tea PartyBoston Massacre30s
- Q12What was the power given to British officials to search colonial houses, ships and businesses for smuggled goods without "probable cause?"Writs of AssistanceCommittee of CorrespondentsIntolerable Acts30s
- Q13What is organized refusal to buy certain goods and services?tar and featherboycottprotesttaxation without representation30s
- Q14Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?Paul RevereSam AdamsJohn Adams30s
- Q15Who was the lawyer for the 8 British soldiers who participated in the Boston Massacre?Sam AdamsJohn AdamsPaul Revere30s