Causes of the American Revolution

What document said that the colonists could not move WEST of the Appalachian Mountain?

• Declaration of Independence
• Proclamation of 1763
• Charter of 1732
• Treaty of Paris of 1783

Why did the French and Indian War lead to the American Revolution?

• Angered the colonists because they couldn't move West of the Appalachian  Mountains
• Angered the colonists because they didn't want to pay a tax on stamps
• Left France in a war debt that caused them to tax the colonists
• Left Britain in a war debt that caused them to tax the colonists

- Designed to punish the Massachussetts colony for the Boston Tea Party
- Quartering Act: Feed & House British Soldiers
Which cause of the revolution is this?

• French and Indian War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Stamp Act
• Intolerable Acts

This law stated that the colonists must pay a tax for all paper goods- angered colonists because of taxation without representation 

• Stamp Act
• Proclamation of 1763
• French and Indian War

Colonists threw tea in the Boston Harbor 

• Intolerable Acts
• Boston Tea Party
• Stamp Act

Why were colonists angered by the Stamp Act?

• taxes were extremely high and colonist could not pay
• didn't believe in taxes without representation in the British Government
• Wanted to move West of the Appalachian Mountains
• restricted colonial trade with American Indians 

British colonist objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they- 

• feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians 
• did not want to share control of the fur trade with France 
• resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion
• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations 

The _______________ acts were taxes on imported goods, such as glass, lead, paint, and tea.

• Townshend 
• Intolerable
• Coercive
• Tea

Why did the king begin to tax the colonists?

• He wanted more money to make England look better
• He needed money to pay off war debts from the French and Indian War
• He needed money to pay for Boston soldiers
• He hated the colonists' guts

This is an organized effort to refuse to buy certain products or services from a certain source.

• blockade
• boycott
• colony
• blockade