Causes of America Revolution

What was one cause of the American Revolution? 

• The writings of prominent Loyalists 

• The Olive Branch Petition 

• Dispute over the Ohio River Valley 

• No taxation without representation

Who is known as the first person killed in the fight for freedom?

• Phyllis Wheatley

• Crispus Attucks

• Ben Franklin

• Paul Revere

Who Organized the Boston tea Party?

• Colonists

• Sons of liberty

• The British

• King Charles III

What was it called when the colonists were forced to house British soldiers?

• Babysitting

• Quartering

• Hospitality

• Kidnapping

Which significant outcome of the French and Indian War eventually led to the American Revolution?

• Britain placed its colonies under strict control and began taxing them to help pay for the war.

• Britain expected colonists to fight the war at their own expense and offered no reimbursement.

• The loss of colonial territory to the French made colonists lose faith in the British government.

• Britain did not offer aid to colonists during the war but still declared sovereignty over them.

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

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

This is the theory that the colonies exist for the economic benefit for the mother country.

• Stamp Act

• Mercantilism

• Free Enterprise

• Intolerable Acts

The policies shown in the illustration led to the

• outbreak of the French and Indian War

• expansion of British trade with the thirteen colonies

• start of the American Revolution

• passage of the Northwest Ordinance

What was the punishment the British gave after the Tea Party?

• The Sugar Act

• Closing the Harbor

• Taking all of the tea away

• Attacking The colonies