Road to Revolution
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- Q1Which event marked the beginning of the American Revolution?The Battle of Lexington and ConcordThe Boston Tea PartyThe Treaty of ParisThe signing of the Declaration of Independence30s
- Q2Which event led to the imposition of the Intolerable Acts by the British Parliament?The Boston MassacreThe Stamp ActThe Boston Tea PartyThe Battle of Bunker Hill30s
- Q3What was the name of the protest against the British tax on tea in which colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor?The New York Tea RebellionThe Charleston Tea UprisingThe Boston Tea PartyThe Philadelphia Protest30s
- Q4Which event sparked widespread protests and boycotts by American colonists against the British Parliament's tax on imported goods?The Declaration of IndependenceThe Boston Tea PartyThe Battle of Lexington and ConcordThe Stamp Act30s
- Q5What was the rallying cry of the American colonists during the American Revolution?life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinessno taxation without representationwe hold these truths to be self-evidentgive me liberty or give me death30s
- Q6The Proclamation of 1763, issued by the British government, aimed to:promote trade with Native American tribesguarantee religious freedomrestrict westward expansion by colonistsestablish a system of taxation30s
- Q7Which event sparked the formation of the Sons of Liberty?boston tea partystamp actboston massacrequartering act30s
- Q8What was the main purpose of the Boston Tea Party?protest against British taxation policiesestablish a monopoly on tea tradeassert American independencedemolish British tea ships30s
- Q9Which event served as a response to the Intolerable Acts imposed by the British on the American colonies?stamp act congressboston massacrequartering act protestsfirst continental congress30s
- Q10What was the name of the tax imposed on printed materials in the American colonies?The Townshend ActThe Tea ActThe Sugar ActThe Stamp Act30s
- Q11Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty, a secret organization that advocated for American independence?John HancockGeorge WashingtonSamuel AdamsPaul Revere30s
- Q12What was the Sugar Act of 1764?A tax on sugar and molasses produced within the American coloniesA tax on the consumption of sugar and molasses in BritainA tax on sugar and molasses imported into the American coloniesA tax on sugar and molasses exported from the American colonies30s
- Q13What was the Townshend Acts of 1767?A series of taxes on religious organizations in BritainA series of taxes on exports from the American coloniesA series of taxes on property ownership in BritainA series of taxes on imported goods in the American colonies30s
- Q14What was the Quartering Act?A tax on imports from BritainA tax on tea consumed in the American coloniesA tax on land owned by colonistsA law requiring colonists to house and feed British soldiers30s
- Q15What was the Declaratory Act?A tax on British citizens' incomeA tax on land ownership in the American coloniesA law asserting British Parliament's authority over the American coloniesA tax on trade between the American colonies30s