Causes of the Revolution

Law which placed duties on legal documents

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• Quartering Act

Britain punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party by passing:

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• Quartering Act

Law requiring the colonists to house British troops:

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• Quartering Act

What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

• to collect taxes on documents printed in the British colonies

• to force colonists to pay their share of the costs of the French and Indian War

• to avoid conflicts with Spanish traders in the Ohio Valley

• to avoid conflicts with Native Americans in the Ohio Valley

What reason did Parliament give for raising taxes in the colonies after 1763?

• Colonists were ignoring the Proclamation Line

• Colonists did not live in England but enjoyed English rights

• Colonists should help pay for the costs of the French and Indian War

• Colonists should be punished for protesting high taxes

The reason Parliament passed the Stamp Act was to:

• Raise money in the colonies for the cost of defending them

• Stop the colonists from illegally smuggling goods

• Put a tax on colonists' trade with foreign nations

• Stop the colonists from trading with one another

Why did the First Continental Congress meet in 1774

• To try British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre

• Organize resistance to the Intolerable Acts throughout the colonies

• Punish the Sons of Liberty for the Boston Tea Party

What is one result of the meeting of the First Continental Congress?

• Congress called for a complete boycott of trade with England

• Samuel Adams was put in jail

• Patrick Henry said "Give me liberty or give me death!"

• Congress called for a peace petition to be sent to King George

Which was an economic method used by the colonists to protest British taxes?

• writing to Parliament

• starting the Committees of Correspondence

• raising liberty poles

• boycotting British goods

Paul Revere made a famous engraving of the events above. Which of the following is an example of the engraving used as propaganda?

• The paint depicts the massacre at night

• The soldiers are wearing redcoats, which would not be seen at night

• The colonists look scared and innocent

• Only two soldiers are pointing their weapons at colonists