Causes of the American Revolution

Causes of the American Revolution

Colonists

were people who were living in the colonies from Great Britain

Multiple Choice

Why did the colonists leave Great Britain?

• They wanted their own freedoms

• They thought Britain was falling apart

French and Indian War

Multiple Choice

Both the British and the French wanted this area to trade _______.

• animals

• crops

• fur

• food

Benjamin Franklin

• A printer and inventor

• Helped the colonists with money, ships, and other aid to help win its independence

• Founding Father

Great Britain Sends Help

• Britain was losing the war until 1757

• William Pitt became the leader of Parliament and was determined to win the war. 

• He sent ships and soldiers to North America to help win the fight

King George III

The King of Great Britian.

Multiple Choice

What did King George III and Parliament decide to do to help payback the costs of the war?

• asked colonists to donate money

• tax the colonists

• made all colonists get another job

• had them move back to Great Britain

Multiple Select

What were the items that were taxed for the colonists? Pick all that apply.

• wood

• printed paper (stamps)

• sugar

• fruit

• tea

Multiple Choice

What did the colonists say in response to taxation? Remember they were unhappy that there was not a colonist in Parliament.

• Give me liberty or give me death

• Sons of Liberty

• Join or Die

• No taxation without representation

Sons of Liberty

• Groups formed across the colonies

• They wanted to be free of control by Great Britain

• Samuel Adams: leader of the Boston group

• Adams & his group led protests against the Stamp Act

• Protested & boycotted

• Led colonists in the Boston Tea Party

The Boston Massacre

• Bostonians were upset about British troops being in the colonies

• They often fought with the soldiers

• On March 5, 1770 a fight broke out between people in Boston and a British soldier

• What started with yelling and snowballs being thrown, ended in the firing of shots by British soldiers

• This illustration was created by Paul Revere to show the devastation

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Multiple Choice

How many colonists were killed in The Boston Massacre?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 7

John Adams

• Lawyer

• He opposed the Stamp & Townshend Act.

• Represented the British soldiers in a trial about the Boston Massacre

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Daughters of Liberty

Multiple Choice

The Daughters of Liberty helped the colonists by making goods that the colonists refused to buy from Great Britain....true or false?

• True

• False

Boston Tea Party

Multiple Choice

Why did the Sons of Liberty lead the colonists to dump tea in the Boston Harbor?

• They were not allowed to buy tea at all from Great Britian.

• They didn't want to sell tea to Great Britain.

• There was a shortage of tea in Great Britain.

• The were forced to buy tea and were charged taxes on it also

Boston Tea Party Stamp

Since the colonists were so brave and were able to stand up against King George III and Parliament, they were given a stamp to remember the occasion.

The Intolerable Acts

• Stopped trade between Boston & Britain

• Gave Britain more control over government in the colonies

• Parliament was shocked by the Boston Tea Party, the leader of Parliament punished the colonists by passing the Coercive Acts

Thomas Jefferson

• Member of the First Continental Congress

• Speaker and Writer

• Convinced the colonists that they deserved to be respected and have their own rights

• Wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776

Who said "Give me liberty or give me death!"?

• He was a member of the House of Burgesses

• He made an angry speech against the Stamp Act

• He felt that Britain was being unfair to the colonists

Multiple Choice

Who said "Give me liberty or give me death!"?

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

Multiple Choice

Why did Paul Revere make his midnight ride?

• To make new people join the colonists against the British

• The town was on fire

• To warn the colonists that the British were coming

• To tell people that King George had come to Boston

The Revolutionary War soon began at the battles of Lexington & Concord