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Road to Revolution
A review of the events leading to the Revolutionary War
Question | Answer |
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Which event? A British tea company was given a monopoly to sell tea in the colonies. | Tea Act |
Which events? Colonists, disguised as Indians, threw tea overboard into Boston harbor. | Boston Tea Party |
Which event? The British closed Boston harbor and took away the rights of Massachusetts to govern itself. | The Intolerable Acts |
Which event? This placed a tax on printed materials | The Stamp Act |
The King and Parliament started taxing the colonists to repay their debts from the __________________________. | French and Indian War |
The colonists were angry about British taxes because representatives of the colony had not __________________ for the tax. | voted |
The colonists responded to the Stamp Act by ______________________. | boycotts, petitions, and organizing congresses. |
The ruler of England at the time was ______________________. | King George III |
The ____________________ protested British taxes and were responsible for the Boston Tea Party. | Sons of Liberty |
The Sons of Liberty were afraid that the low prices on tea from the Tea Act would ruin their _______________ on tea. | boycott |
A written request | petition |
a refusal to buy goods | boycott |
money that a government collects to help pay for its expenses | tax |