Prelude to The Revolutionary War

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which act, passed by British Parliament in 1764, was the first tax placed on the colonies? Stamp Act Declaratory Act Tea Act Sugar Act

2. Which act, passed in 1765, taxed most paper products and documents? Townshend Acts Coercive Acts Declaratory Act Stamp Act

3. Which 1767 act (or acts) indirectly taxed lead, tea, paper, and glass? Tea Act Townshend Acts Stamp Act Sugar Act

4. What 1770 event sparked anger in the colonies when British troops fired into a riot, killing five people? 2nd Continental Congress Boston Tea Party The Boston Massacre Lexington and Concord

5. Who was the African American man killed during the Boston Massacre? Nat Turner Booker T. Washington Crispus Attucks Martin Luther King Jr.

6. What 1773 act made British tea cheaper than the Dutch tea commonly used in the colonies? Sugar Act Tea Act Stamp Act Intolerable Acts

7. During what event did colonists, disguised as Indians, board British ships and dump 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor? Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party The Great Tea Dumping The Indian's Raid

8. Which acts, also called The Coercive Acts, closed the Boston Port in order to prohibit trade? No Trade Act Declaratory Acts Intolerable Acts Closing Act

9. What letter was published in the colonies so every colonist was aware of the unfair treatment from Great Britain? Common Sense Freedom Letter Anti-British Letter Massachusetts Circular Letter

10. In what year did the Revolutionary War finally begin? 1773 1774 1775 1776