Causes of the Revolution

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“

Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

• The colonists were wealthier than most British citizens.
• Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.
• The British wanted to punish the colonists for rebelling against the Proclamation.
• Britain needed money to protect the colonists from the French.

How did Parliament respond to protests against the Stamp Act? 

• It sent troops to enforce the law.
• It allowed a representative from the colonies to attend its sessions.
•  It repealed the law.
• It passed the Tea Act.

What act taxed the tea that was brought into the colonies?

• The Quartering Act
• The Tea Act
• The Sugar Act
• The Stamp Act

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• paper and documents
• houses
• farm animals
• imports

Which was NOT a reason for why the Sugar Act was created?

• to raise money after the war

• because of smuggling

• to protect the colonists

• to protect the British market

Money from taxes is called?

• Greenbacks

• Continentals

• Revenue

• Wampum

The colonists did this to protest early taxes.

• Boycotted all British Goods.
• Bought British goods
• Bought goods from Spain
• Burned all British goods

Figures made to look like tax collectors and then burned in the streets were?

• voodoo dolls
• effigies
• Cabbage Patch Kids
• Barbies

Documents that allowed soldiers to enter a place to look for smuggled goods?

• Search Warrant
• Habeas Corpus
• Municipal Bond
• Writs of Assistance