Events Leading to the American Revolution Quiz

Events Leading to the American Revolution

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Question 1
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Q. Why did King George III begin taxing the colonists?
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He didn't like them
He was selfish
England needed money to pay debts from the French and Indian War
The colonists had extra money
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Question 2
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Q. What is the group called who makes the English laws?
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President
Parliment
People's Republic
Congress
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Question 3
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Q. This Act made colonists buy stamps to place on all their printed documents.
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Tea Act
Quartering Act
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
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Question 4
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Q. One of the men who led the fight against these taxes was ______.
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Samuel Adams
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Dean
Samuel Prescott
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Question 5
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Q. What was the city causing the most trouble for King George III?
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Atlanta
Boston
New York City
Savannah
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Question 6
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Q. What does "boycott" mean?
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to refuse to buy goods or services from someone
to pay taxes
to sell things to other coutries
to feel everything is good
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Question 7
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Q. The ___________ Act placed taxes on all factory made goods.
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Tea
Tobacco
Townshend
Triangle
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Question 8
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Q. What was the secret group of men called who protested the taxes?
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Sons of Thunder
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Freedom
Sons of Republic
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Question 9
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Q. What did King George do to punish the people of Boston for causing trouble?
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Sent British troops to guard the city
Killed everyone in Boston
Said they would have to all come back to England
He didn't do anything
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Question 10
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Q. How many people were killed during the Boston Massacre?
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25
35
5
105
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Question 11
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Q. The British government put a tax on something the colonists drank. What was it?
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coffee
milk
tea
water
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Question 12
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Q. The main problem the colonists had with the taxes was __________.
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They didn't have a say in making the tax laws
they just didn't want to pay taxes
they didn't have any money
they didn't mind paying taxes
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Question 13
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Q. What did the sons of Liberty do to protest the tax on their favorite drink?
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nothing
they boarded ships and threw the tea into the water
they paid the tax
they wrote a newspaper article about the unfair tax
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Question 14
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Q. What were they dress as when they boarded the ship?
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native americans
children
women
they dressed as themselves
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Question 15
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Q. Parliment closed Boston Harbor until the colonists did what?
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paid for all the tea
they didn't close the harbor
gave King George $1,000
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Question 16
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Q. The colonists called these acts the Intolerable Acts. What does Intolerable mean?
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great
wonderful
unbearable
fantastic
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Question 17
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Q. The colonists decided to meet together to discuss these problems. Where did they meet?
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New York City
Philadelphia
Georgia
North Carolina
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Question 18
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Q. Their meeting was called the ______________.
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First Continental Congress
Colonial Meeting
First colonial meeting
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