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Causes of the American Revolution
Some questions (c) 2012 by CSCOPE.
Some questions (c) 2012 by Region 10 Educational Service Center.
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Before the revolution, the British
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Use the information below and
thought it was fair to tax the
your knowledge of social studies
colonists to help pay the expenses
to answer the question.
they had run up fighting which of the
following?
A
Spanish and French I. The Proclamation of 1763 was
B
Spanish and Indians
C
French and Indians
D Colonists and Indians
designed to protect the colonists
and prevent a bloody Indian
uprising.
II. The Proclamation of 1763 was
designed to decrease tensions
between France and Britain.
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Where were the first shots of the
III.The Proclamation of 1763 was a
Revolutionary War fired?
pact between the French and
F
British to control North America.
Lexington
G Plymouth
IV.The Proclamation of 1763
prohibited British colonial
H Saratoga
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settlement west of the Appalachian
Boston
Why were English colonists opposed
to the Stamp Act?
A
It taxed only certain goods.
B
It applied only to the farm regions.
C
It was imposed without their
consent.
D It was passed by their
mountains.
Which of the above was a major
cause of tension between the
colonists and Great Britain?
F
I
G II
H III
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representatives.
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The famous work of art above was created by ______ in response to the ________
and has lived throughout the ages as tangible evidence of the abuses of British power.
Others throughout the years have questioned the accuracy of all of the details in the
engraving.
Which terms complete the paragraph above?
A
Patrick Henry…Boston Massacre
B
Paul Revere…Boston Massacre
C
Samuel Adams…Boston Tea Party
D John Trumbull…Lexington and Concord
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Which of the following can be inferred
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What were the punishments put on
from the engraving? See Picture on
the people of Boston after the Boston
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Tea Party known as?
F
The British soldiers were ordered
F
to shoot into the crowd.
G Terrible Acts
G The crowd was advancing toward
Townshend Acts
H Navigation Acts
the British.
J
Intolerable Acts
H The incident took place in a small
village.
J
The British had just cause to begin
shooting.
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Intolerable Acts
What does "no taxation without
representation" mean?
– Closed the Port of Boston
– Allowed the quartering of troops in
A
We won't pay taxes unless we
have representatives in the House
of Burgesses.
B
C
private homes
– Allowed accused British officials to
be tried in England
We won't pay taxes because we
– Required public officials to be
cannot afford them?
appointed by the royal governor
We won't pay taxes because we
do not have a representative in
What was the general purpose of the
parliament.
Intolerable Acts? D We won't pay taxes because they
A
to create a new colony near
Boston
are too high.
B
to make an example of
Massachusetts
C
to build support for a war in the
colonies
D to increase support for western
settlement
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– Was passed in response to
the Boston Tea Party
– Allowed for the quartering
of troops in private homes
– Contributed to the calling of
the First Continental Congress
Which of the following is described above?
F
Tea Act
G Stamp Act
H Navigation Acts
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Intolerable Acts
The Boston Tea Party occurred as a reaction to the Tea Act, which was
imposed by the British Parliament in 1773. Many colonists were outraged by
the Tea Act, primarily because they believed that taxes should only be levied
by duly­elected representatives ­ and that this representation is a basic right.
Colonists had no such representatives in the British Parliament. In at least
three colonies, protesters were able to stop ships from unloading taxed tea
at their harbor. Ships returned to England with their full loads. But in Boston,
Thomas Hutchinson, the royal governor, did not allow the ships to return the
tea to England. He underestimated the commitment of the protestors, who
decided to not only stop the unloading of the tea, but to destroy it rather
than give in to the British legislature.
According to the passage above, why were colonists so angry about the tea
delivered to Boston?
A
They were not allowed a say in the tax on the tea.
B
They were angry over the quality of the tea.
C
They felt England should pay the tax itself.
D They disliked the governor and wished to embarass him.
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The graphic above represents one of the grievances that caused the American
Revolution. Which of the following BEST completes the graphic organizer?
F
salutary neglect
G mercantilism
H free enterprise
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westward expansion
Why did fighting break out in
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What reason did Parliament give for
Lexington and Concord?
raising taxes in the colonies after
A
Minutemen attacked a British fort
1763?
B
Colonists refused to let British
F
Proclamation of 1763
troops stay in their homes.
C
British troops tried to seize
G Colonists did not live in England
but emjoyed English rights
colonists arms and ammunition
D British troops tried to break up a
Colonists were ignoring the
H Colonists should help pay for the
French and Indian War
meeting.
J
Colonists should be punished for
protesting taxes.
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Which act put a tax on tea?
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Which answer best describes the
A
Intolerable Acts
Albany Plan of Union?
B
Stamp Act
F
C
Sugar Act
D Townshend Act
It was a plan created by Sam
Adams to destroy tea being
imported by England.
G It was a plan by Benjamin
Franklin to unite the colonies
during the French and Indian
War.
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In which colony did most of the early
H It was a plan by the 2nd
Continental Congress to
events of the American Revolution
apologize to the King for the
occur?
F
J
It was a plan by George
G Pennsylvania
Washington to build a colonial
H New York
army.
J
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Massachusetts
Boston Tea Party
Virginia
Which famous African American died
as a victim of the Boston Massacre?
A
Crispus Attucks
B
Samuel Adams
C
Martin Luther
D Jonathan Edwards
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Why did colonists oppose the Tea
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– Port of Boston closed until
Act even though it dropped the price
reparations paid for Boston Tea
of tea to a lower price?
Party
A
The Tea Act forced colonists to
– Massachusetts government
move east of the Appalachian
replaced with a royal governor
mountains.
– Town meetings restricted in
B
The colonists were mad that
merchants had been bypassed
and colonists were still being
taxed without representation in
Parliament.
C
The amount of tax on the tea
more than doubled
D The colonists didn't like tea.
Massachusetts
– Royal officials accused of crimes
would be tried in Britain
– The British army allowed to house
troops in private dwellings
In response to actions in the Boston
Tea Party, Great Britain passed the
Intolerable Acts. These acts closed
the port of Boston and replaced the
colonial government with a royal
governor. Colonists were also forced
to ____________.
F
move back to England
G import British goods
H quarter troops
J
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pay new taxes
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