Causes of the Revolution

Which events in U.S. history best complete the timeline above?

• Stamp Act, Boston Massacre
• Sugar Act, Shay's Rebellion
• Townshend Acts, Battle of Yorktown
• Intolerable Acts, Articles of Confederation

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

• Colonists sought military support from France
• Colonists organized boycotts of British goods
• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence
• Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

One result of British regulations such as the Sugar and Stamp Acts was America's resentment of-

• foreign alliances
• locally appointed governing bodies
• taxation without representation
• government control of speech

From the point of view of someone living in the American colonies during the 1770s, a patriot was a person who--

• attempted to stop all trade with American merchants
• supported the authority of the king over the colonies
• attempted to referee disputes between Great Britain and the colonies
• supported the movement for American independence

The American colonists used the slogan, "No taxation without representation," to express their belief in the need for--

• Economic interdependence
• Representation in government
• Mercantilism
• Parliamentary supremacy

The main reason that Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763 was to--

• Allow Canada to control the Great Lakes region
• Avoid conflicts between American colonists and Native American Indians
• Make profits by selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Protect the French Catholics of Quebec

What geographic feature served as the western boundary for British colonial settlements prior to the American Revolution?

• Rocky Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains
• Mississippi River
• Great Plains

A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called

• Congress
• Sons of Liberty
• Parliament
• Loyalists

Why were the colonists angry about "taxation without representation?"

• The colonists wanted to pay taxes on stamps and tea
• The colonists had no representation in Parliament
• The colonists fought to write the Declaration of Independence
• The colonists were loyal to the British and wanted to keep them happy

The Boston Massacre was used as__________ by the colonists.

• propaganda
• a threat to the French
• evidence for the Judge
• none of the above