Causes of the American Revolution

What problem did winning the French and Indian War cause for the British?

• They lost their land in America.
• They gained more land in America.
• They owed a lot of money.
• They lost all of their trade partners.

Which of the following was passed by the British government to tax everything made of paper in the colonies?

• Sugar Act
• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act

What happened in the Boston Massacre?

• Colonists killed King George.
• Colonists were killed by British soldiers.
• Colonists threw British tea into the Boston Harbor
• Boston Harbor was shutdown.

Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. This caused colonists to protest in the form of the Boston Tea Party. What was the Boston Tea Party?

• Colonists gave dinners to support the sale of the tea. 
• Colonists dressed as Indians destroyed British tea. 
• Colonists bought tea from other countries. 
• Colonists started growing their own tea. 

Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

• The colonists were wealthier than most British citizens.
• Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.
• The British wanted to punish the colonists for rebelling against the Proclamation.
• Britain needed money to protect the colonists from the French.

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“

What was the first cause or event that eventually led to the American Revolution?

• French and Indian War

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Slavery

What did the Quartering Act tell colonists to do?

• Quarter or house British soldiers

• Coin money

• Declare independence from England

• Dump British tea into Boston Harbor

Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act, which taxed goods such as newspapers and playing cards?

• The colonists established a blockade against British goods.

• The colonists were able to produce their own goods.

• The colonists started destroying British

  goods.

• The colonists began boycotting British goods.

Which set of acts closed the Boston Harbor, stopped colonists from assembling, and suspended colonists right to trial by jury and were the final set of acts that colonists could not tolerate?

• The Intolerable/Coercive Acts

• The Quartering Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Revenue Act