Causes of the American Revolution

Colonists rebelled against British taxes because

• they had no money to pay them

• they were not represented in the British Parliament

• the penalties for not paying them were severe

• tax collectors were corrupt

Colonists grew resentful of British mercantilism because it prevented them from

• manufacturing their own goods and selling them to other countries

• buying goods from British merchants

• importing raw materials from Britain

• importing and taxing goods from other countries

How did the boundary created by the Proclamation of 1763 affect the colonists?

• It prevented Native Americans from moving into the colonies

• It prohibited the colonists from moving west

• It allowed colonists to purchase land from Native Americans

• It kept the French from moving back into the colonies

The British began imposing taxes on the colonists in 1765 to help pay the expenses of fighting the-

• Spanish Armada

• American Revolution

• Battle of Tippecanoe

• French and Indian War

What was the immediate effect of the Stamp Act of 1765

• Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence

• Colonists organized boycotts of British goods

• Colonists sought military support from France

How did the Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and Stamp Act contribute to the start of the Revolutionary War?

• Restricted colonial trade with Native Americans

• Angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties were violated

• Imposed regulations on colonial agriculture

• Punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament

What was the effect of the events shown in this image?

• King George III allowed colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief

• Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts

• King George III allows the colonists to have representation in Parliament

• Parliament repealed the Stamp Act

Which of the following best describes the Boston Tea Party?

• a protest against a ban on selling beverages in the colonies

• an act that encouraged the outbreak of war between England and France

• end trade between colonists and Spanish traders

• an act of civil disobedience to protest taxation policies