Causes of the Revolution

Why did Britain make the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts?

• King wanted colonists to come back to England.
• Britain needed money after the French and Indian War
• Britain thought the colonists were too rich.
• Britain wanted to give money to the colonists.

Which is a way the colonists protested taxes?

• They paid the taxes.
• King George was made king of England.
• Colonists boycotted British goods.
• The Stamp Act was passed.

What was the Stamp Act?

• tax on paper goods like newspapers and cards
• tax on food
• tax on clothes
• tax on tea

What was the effect of British taxes on the colonists?

• Colonists moved to Mexico.
• Colonists joined together as Americans.
• Colonists paid British for their soldiers.
• Many colonists returned to England.

What was the Tea Act?

•  a law about taxes on bread
• a law about taxes on seeds for crops
• a law about where British troops would live
• a law saying colonists had to buy tea from one company and pay a tax

Which of the following is a form of protest?

• paying your taxes
• refusing to pay taxes
• helping your enemy
• a king telling people what to do

What is a militia?

• a king
• a governor
• a volunteer army
• a president

What did the Boston Tea Party show the British?

• that colonists don't like tea
• that colonists support the Mohawks
• that colonists protested the tea tax
• that colonists would keep the tea

Which of the following caused the British to make the Intolerable Acts?

• the Civil War
• First Continental Congress
• Committees of Correspondance
• Boston Tea Party

Which was NOT one of the Intolerable Acts?

• paying a tax on ships
• feeding and housing the British soldiers
• the port of Boston was closed
• Massachusetts was put under control of British soldiers