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Causes of American Revolution

Quiz by Jill Ungaro

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  • Q1
    What made merchants angry that the taxes on molasses and sugar increased?
    Quartering Act
    Stamp Act
    Sugar Act
    Tea Act
    30s
  • Q2
    What 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 1763
    Townshend Act
    Sugar Act
    Tea Act
    30s
  • Q3
    Colonists were angry that they cannot live west of the Appalachian Mountains because of
    Tea Act
    Stamp Act
    Sugar Act
    Proclamation of 1763
    30s
  • Q4
    The port of Boston is closed, committees of correspondence are banned and Massachusetts is placed under military rule is called
    Proclamation of 1763
    Tea Act
    The Intolerable Acts
    Quartering Act
    30s
  • Q5
    What caused colonists to become angry that they have to house and provide supplies to British soldiers?
    Quartering Act
    Sugar Act
    Townshend Act
    Tea Act
    30s
  • Q6
    Colonists were angry that another tax is placed on colonial goods and that they have to buy tea from a British company was the
    Stamp Act
    Tea Act
    Sugar Act
    Intolerable Act
    30s
  • Q7
    What was the act when colonists had to pay extra for official documents like wills, contracts and newspapers?
    Stamp Act
    Intolerable Act
    Quartering Act
    Proclamation of 1763
    30s
  • Q8
    Colonists who opposed Great Britain and its policies were
    Loyalists
    Patriots
    30s
  • Q9
    Colonists who supported Great Britain and its policies were
    Patriots
    Loyalists
    30s
  • Q10
    Who created an exaggerated scene of the Boston Massacre?
    John Adams
    Paul Revere
    Sam Adams
    30s
  • Q11
    What was the destruction of 342 chests of tea in Boston to protest the Tea Act
    Tar and Feather
    boycott
    Boston Tea Party
    Boston Massacre
    30s
  • Q12
    What was the power given to British officials to search colonial houses, ships and businesses for smuggled goods without "probable cause?"
    Writs of Assistance
    Committee of Correspondents
    Intolerable Acts
    30s
  • Q13
    What is organized refusal to buy certain goods and services?
    tar and feather
    boycott
    protest
    taxation without representation
    30s
  • Q14
    Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
    Paul Revere
    Sam Adams
    John Adams
    30s
  • Q15
    Who was the lawyer for the 8 British soldiers who participated in the Boston Massacre?
    Sam Adams
    John Adams
    Paul Revere
    30s

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