Events Leading to the American Revolution

Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor in the American Revolution?

• Proclamation of 1763 limiting colonial expansion
• Colonists feeling as though their rights were being trampled
• Increased taxation and economic involvement from Parliament
• Random arrests conducted by the crown

When the Proclamation of 1763 was announced, colonists were angered and responded to the law by...

• Protesting it
• Boycotting it
• Ignoring it
• Welcoming it

Britain tried to enforce the Proclamation of 1763 by expanding presence of _____ in the colonies.

• Police
• Army
• Navy
• Tax collectors

The Sugar Act placed a _____ on sugar and sugar products coming from anywhere except Britain.

• Tariff
• Export tax
• Duty
• Fee

The Sugar Act called for harsher punishments of what group?

• Smugglers
• Criminals
• Thieves
• Gangsters

The Stamp Act required that government stamps be placed on legal documents and other paper goods. In response, merchants organized what type of protest?

• Sit ins
• Silent protest
• Riots
• Boycotts

The Quartering Act called for _____ to be housed in colonists' homes to save money for Parliament.

• Soldiers
• Weapons
• Protesters
• Officials

The Declaratory Act stated that Parliament had _____ over the colonies.

• Power
• Total authority
• Influence
• Control

The Townshend Acts said that Britain would no longer tax products or activities inside the colonies, but rather tax products ______ into the colonies.

• Imported
• Exported
• Sold
• Smuggled

Writs of assistance (search warrants) were given to soldiers to try and combat _____.

• Insurgents
• Smugglers
• Protesters
• Saboteurs