Question

True or False

Determine if the statement is true or false. If false,

The colonists did not have any representation in Parliament.


According to the Bunking Act, British soldiers could stay in any colonist's home and expect to
be housed and fed.



The Tea Act stated that colonists had to buy all their tea from China.


The Coercive Acts called for a blockade of Boston Harbor until the tea destroyed in the
Boston Tea Party was paid for.


All the colonies, except Virginia, met in the First Continental Congress and decided to ban all
trade with England.


The Revolutionary War started in Boston, Massachusetts in April of 1775.

Answer 1

The answers are:

- True. The colonists did not have any representation in the British Parliament, which was one of the major grievances that led to the American Revolution.
- True. The Quartering Act of 1765 allowed British soldiers to stay in colonists' homes and required the colonists to provide them with food and other supplies.
- False. The Tea Act of 1773 allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, bypassing colonial merchants, which angered the colonists and led to the Boston Tea Party.
- True. The Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, were a series of punitive measures imposed by the British government after the Boston Tea Party, including a blockade of Boston Harbor until the cost of the tea destroyed was paid for.
- False. All 13 colonies were represented at the First Continental Congress, which was held in Philadelphia in 1774, and they agreed to boycott British goods in protest of British policies.
- True. The Revolutionary War began in Boston, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775, with the battles of Lexington and Concord.