Causes of the American Revolution

Dispute over borders between British and French territory in America. Lead to British debt that the colonist had to pay.

• French and Indian War
• American Revolution 
• Tea Act
• Mercantilism 

Tax on paper 

• Intolerable Act
• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act

Tax on sugar and molasses

• Mercantilism 
• Proclamation of 1763
• Tea Act 
• Sugar Act

Tax on tea

• Tea Act
• Boston Tea Party
• Intolerable Acts
• Tea Law

Punishment for the Boston Tea Party. Took away colonists town meetings and closed the Boston port

• Intolerable Acts
• Curfew Acts
• Proclamation of 1763
• Trade Acts 

Why did colonists oppose British taxes?

• They did not have any representation or voice in those taxes
• The taxes were too high. Many lost their homes and starved. 
• They only applied to women
• They funded a war the colonists did not support 

Mercantilism is when the colonists provide the British with money in the form of...

• Gold
• Raw materials 
• Manufactured goods
• a military 

Was chosen to be the main author of the Declaration of Independence by his peers

• Jefferson
• Franklin
• Paine
• Washington 

Why did the colonists dump tea into the Boston Harbor (Boston Tea Party)? 

• To have a tea party
• To protest the British government imposing taxes
• To declare war on France
• To show agreement with the king

Which of these increased taxes on sugar, indigo, and wine?

• Sugar Act
• Townshend Act
• Stamp Act
• Tea Act