Causes of the American Revolution

The French and Indian War cost King George and Great Britain a lot of money. To help pay for the war, the British colonies were ordered to 

• give up their food
• work for free
• become a part of the Army
• pay taxes without representation

A snowball fight between the colonists and soldiers in Boston that ended in 5 colonists being killed was called

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Party
• Boston Parliament

A secret organization formed to protest the taxes, such as the Stamp Act and the Tea Act, was called

• Congress

• Sons of Liberty

• Parliament

• Loyalists

Great Britain was responsible for making the laws for the colonists, similar to our Congress. What was this group called? 

• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Congress
• Parliament

The Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. This act of civil disobedience is known as

• the Boston Tea Party

• the Stamp Act

• Committees of Correspondence

• Boston Massacre

Which group of people did not think that unfair British taxes justified starting a rebellion, and wished to continue with British rule?

• Patriots

• Sons of Liberty

• Loyalists

• Separatists

The tax on all items in the colonies made of paper was called the

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Act
• Boston tea Party

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

Which of the following led to the other three events?

• the French and Indian War

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Proclamation of 1763

This organization of women protested against taxes by making their own cloth instead of buying it from the British

• British soldiers
• Indian tribe
• Daughters of Liberty
• Sons of Liberty