Causes of the American Revolution

What was one cause of the American Revolution? 

• The writings of prominent Loyalists 
• The Olive Branch Petition 
• Dispute over the Ohio River Valley 
• No taxation without representation

What law made it illegal for the colonists to live west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Proclamation of 1963
• Proclamation of 1973
• Proclamation of 1763
• Proclamation of 1873

Who is known as the first person killed in the fight for freedom?

• Phyllis Wheatley
• Crispus Attucks
• Ben Franklin
• Paul Revere

Who Organized the Boston tea Party?

• Colonists
• Sons of liberty
• The British
• King Charles III

Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation, and housing?

• the stamp Act
• the Quartering Act
• the Coercive Acts
• the Proclamation of 1763

In 1765, the Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act. The purpose of this act was to 

• get rid of colonists who were willing to support the king
• raise money by putting a tax on tea, sugar, and molasses
• get rid of French colonists in the Northern colonies
• raising money by passing a tax on newspapers and other paper products

Unalienable Rights are natural human rights, what are they according to the Declaration of Independence?

• peace, land and bread
• liberty, equality, and fraternity
• justice, tranquility and common defense
• life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

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This is the theory that the colonies exist for the economic benefit for the mother country.

• Stamp Act
• Mercantilism
• Free Enterprise
• Intolerable Acts

English philosopher John Locke influenced the colonists with his writing by

•  Establishing the framework for a King
• Promoting the idea of natural rights
• Convincing them to raise taxes
• Arguing that they should remain loyal to England

The policies shown in the illustration led to the

• outbreak of the French and Indian War
• expansion of British trade with the thirteen colonies
• start of the American Revolution
• passage of the Northwest Ordinance