Causes of the American Revolution

1. Intolerable Acts imposed
2. First Continental Congress convened
3.Thomas Paine's Common Sense published                                                                         All the events listed above occurred during

• the era of westward expansion
• the Era of Good Feelings
• the Revolutionary Era
• the Jacksonian Era

British colonists 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 limits it imposed on westward expansion
• wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

In 1787, Congress awarded John Paul Jones a Congressional Medal of Honor for his "valor and brilliant services" during the Revolutionary War. Which accomplishment was Congress recognizing?

• leading the evacuation of Washington, D.C. during the British invasion
• preparing the strategy for the American victory at Yorktown
• persuading France to provide military assistance to the Continental army
• commanding a victory at sea against the British navy

"It is essential to the freedom and security of a free people, that no taxes be imposed upon them but by their own consent, or their representatives."                                                                 
The excerpt above reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonists with the-

• political debates that took place at the Albany Convention
• interference of Great Britain in the slave trade
• economic consequences of the Great Awakening
• economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War

Which of the following was a direct result of salutary neglect?

• the colonies developed a strong tradition of self-government
• many proprietary colonies were converted to royal colonies
• the colonies refused to participate in a system of common defense
• many colonies sought economic aid from other countries

*Sugar Act
*Stamp Act
*Quartering Act
These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by-

• restricting colonial trade with American Indians
• imposing regulations on colonial agriculture
• angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated
• punishing colonists for resisting authority of Parliament

1. Parliament passes the Tea Act of 1773.
2. Colonists dump tea into Boston Harbor.
3. ?
Which of the following would best replace the question mark?

• Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Acts
• King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief
• Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts
• King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament

Which of the following placed a tax on sugar and molasses?

• Sugar Act
• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act
• Townshend Acts

Which of the following was the first direct tax on the colonists which required stamps for all written materials?

• Sugar Act
• Quartering Act
• Coercive Acts
• Stamp Act

Which of the following was the cause of the Boston Tea Party?

• Coercive Acts
• First Continental Congress
• Tea Act
• Townshend Acts