Question

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events leading to the American Revolution?
A: Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Townsend Acts, Intolerable Acts
B: Boston Tea Party, Townsend Acts, Intolerable Acts, Stamp Act
C: Stamp Act, Townsend Acts, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts
D: Townsend Acts, Intolerable Acts, Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party

Answer 1

The Townshend Acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. But American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power. The British sent troops to America to enforce the unpopular new laws, further heightening tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies in the run-up to the American Revolutionary War.

The British Crown emerged victorious from the French and Indian War in 1763, but defending the North American colonies from French expansion had proved tremendously costly to England.

Compared to Great Britain’s debts, the cost of the French and Indian War to the colonists had been slight. The colonists—who arguably enjoyed a higher standard of living at the time than their British counterparts—paid less than one-twentieth the taxes of British citizens living in England.

The British government thought the colonists should help pay the cost of their protection. The British Parliament enacted a series of taxes on the colonies for the purpose of raising revenue. Early attempts, such as the Stamp Act of 1765—which taxed colonists for every piece of paper they used—were met with widespread protests in America.

Answer 2

Answer:

B: Boston Tea Party, Townsend Acts, Intolerable Acts, Stamp Act