Question

Match the following items. 1. levied taxes on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea George Rogers Clark 2. "Give me liberty or give me death" Townshend Acts 3. British reacted with Intolerable Acts Saratoga 4. Cornwallis was forced to surrender Patrick Henry 5. first tax levied for the sole purpose of raising revenue for England Boston Tea Party 6. turning point of the Revolutionary War Quartering Act 7. stated that Parliament did have the right to tax the colonists Yorktown 8. captured western British forts Stamp Act 9. forbade settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains Declaratory Act 10. required colonists to house troops Proclamation of 1763

Answer 1

The tax on lead, paper, glass, and tea is known all happened under the Townsend Act.

The man who said "Give me liberty of give me death!" is Patrick Henry. He was a member of the Sons of Liberty, who helped organized the revolution against the British government.

The Boston Tea Party is the event that caused the British to respond with the Intolerable Acts.

Cornwallis was forced to surrender after the Battle of Yorktown.


The first act passed purely to raise revenue was the Sugar Act. It was passed in 1764 and upset colonists because they had no say in this tax being implemented.

The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the American Revolution, as the US gained much needed military assistance from France after this battle.

The Declaratory Act stated that the British government has the ability to tax the colonists.

The Quartering Act forced American colonists to house British soldiers.

The Proclamation of 1763 forbid colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains.