Causes of the American Revolution

Who would NOT have taken part in the Sons of Liberty?

• King George
• journalists
• blacksmiths
• merchants

The French and Indian War happened AFTER the Stamp Act.

• True
• False

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 secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called

• Congress
• Sons of Liberty
• Parliament
• Loyalists

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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 protest is known as 

• the Boston Tea Party
• the Stamp Act
• Committees of Correspondence
• Boston Massacre

Colonists who supported the Bitish king were called 

• Patriots
• Republicans
• Democrats
• Loyalists

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

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

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

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