Causes of the American Revolution

When was the French and Indian War?

• Before 1763

• After 1763

• Before the Revolutionary Era

• After the Revolutionary Era

What are some effects of the French and Indian War?

• Britain is in debt

• Britain is a super power

• British Parliament imposes taxes on the 13 colonies

• France wins the war and takes 75% of land in North America

How did colonists feel about these new economic policies?

• Happy because they had representation in Parliament

• Frustrated because they didn't have representation in Parliament

• They were neutral, England was doing its best at securing their freedom

• James Otis proclaimed "taxation without representation is tyranny"

What document was written in 1215 and limited the power of the King?

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

Why was this political cartoon created?

• For the New York Plan, to unite the colonies

• For the Albany Plan, to unite the colonies

• For the Georgia Plan, to unite the colonies

• For the New Jersey Plan, to unite the colonies

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• Colonists can only move west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Colonists can only move west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Colonists cannot move west of the Rocky Mountains

• Colonists cannot move west of the Appalachian Mountains

What was mercantilism?

• Economic policy that colonies could trade with every country

• Economic policy that colonies could only trade with the mother country

• Economic policy that colonies could trade with each other

• Economic policy that colonies could not trade with every country

What do the Stamp, Sugar, and Quartering Act have in common?

• They are all taxes

• They are all laws that Britain imposed on the colonies

• They all angered the colonists and violated their civil liberties

What acts of Civil Disobedience did colonists perform to show England they were unhappy?

• The Boston Tea Party

• Boycotting British Manufactured Goods

• Protesting

• Forming the Stamp Act Congress

What effect did Salutary Neglect have on the colonists?

• They became less independent

• They became more independent

• They created their own governments

• They created their own economic industries