American Revolution Review

Taxes and Other Acts

100

What war was the ultimate cause of the Stamp Act?

The French and Indian War

200

What was the first tax placed on the colonists without their consent after 1763?

The Sugar Act 

300

What tax taxed tea, lead, paint, glass and other items?

The Townshend Act 

400

Name or describe two of the four Intolerable Acts

1. Quartering Act

2. Boston Port Act

3. Administration of Justice Act

4. Local Government Act 

500

What act was passed by Parliament after the repeal of the Stamp Act to state it could tax the colonists whenever it wanted to?

The Declaratory Act 

Patriots and Loyalists

100

People who supported the Revolution were called 

Patriots 

200

People who held British government jobs tended to be 

Loyalists 

300

The Declaration of Independence was primarily authored by 

Thomas Jefferson

400

Identify three prominent Patriots 

Answers will vary, could include

Sam Adams

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Paine

500

Paul Revere stole the engraving for the Bloody Massacre from this person 

Henry Pelham

Effects of the Revolution

100

This group was lost much of their land after the Revolution 

 Native Americans

200

While some people in this group were offered educational opportunities, they could not vote 

Women 

300

This group gained more power and equality due to the war 

poor white men

400

This is the Treaty that ended the war

The Treaty of Paris

500

This term refers to the idea that all people are created equal

Egalitarianism 

Cause and Effect

100

What prompted the British to march on Concord?

Patriots stockpiling weapons in Concord

200

What caused the Intolerable Acts? 

The Boston Tea Party 

300

What group was formed as a result of the Stamp Act?

The Sons of Liberty

400

Which battle led to the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Battle of Lexington and Concord

500

What effects did the Revolution have on slavery? (Two effects)

1. Some states abolished slavery

2. Slavery grew in other states 

Miskillaneous

100

The event in 1770 in which five colonists were killed by British soldiers 

The Boston Massacre

200

Idea to unit the colonies at the beginning of the French and Indian War

Albany Plan of Union

300

Name for buying and selling of enslaved people between Africa and the Americas 

Triangle Trade

400

Place these in order:

- Declaration of Independence

- Lexington and Concord

- Treaty of Paris

- Boston Massacre

- Boston Massacre

- Lexington and Concord

- Declaration of Independence

- Treaty of Paris

500

First to die during the Boston Massacre

Crispus Attucks