Scavenger Hunt
You will use the links indicated to answer each set of questions. Before you begin open the Pre-Revolution Scavenger Hunt Worksheet and save it in your student folder. You can type your answers to the question in Microsoft Word or print the worksheet and write down your answers.
Pre-Revolution Scavenger Hunt Worksheet
Use this link to answer the following questions: Prelude to Revolution 1763-1775 (a
new page will open)
1. What and when was the Sugar Act?
What did it tax? Why would this cause tension among the
colonies?
2. What and when is the Currency Act? Why did it unite
the colonies North and South?
3. What and when is the Stamp Act?
What did it tax? Why did it upset the colonists?
4. Who
were the Sons of Liberty? what was their purpose? Were they
successful?
5. What and when is the Declaratory Act?
6. What
were the Townshend Revenue Acts? How did the colonists respond to the
Acts?
7. In 1778, who wrote the letter about opposing taxation without
representation? What happened in result of the letter?
8. What
happened on March 5, 1770? Why is this important? How did it get its
name?
9. What happened on December 16, 1773? Why did the
colonists do this?
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