Causes of the American Revolution

• Intolerable Acts imposed

• First Continental Congress convened

• Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published

All the events listed above occurred during what time period?

• era of westward expansion

• era of good feelings

• revolutionary era

• jacksonian era

Why did the King of Britain start taxing the colonists?

• he was bored
• he needed money after spending it on the French and Indian War
• he needed more money to support the colonists
• he needed more money for his family

The Sons of Liberty had a popular phrase:
"No Taxation without Representation."
What does this mean?

• To be taxed by a government without having any say  
• To represent officials who collect taxes from its citizens
• To be taxed by a representative of the government  
• To be taxed by a government that represents your views

The _______________ acts were taxes on imported goods, such as glass, lead, paint, and tea.

• Townshend 
• Intolerable
• Coercive
• Tea

What document said that the colonists could not move WEST of the Appalachian Mountain?

• Declaration of Independence

• Proclamation of 1763

• Mayflower Compact

• Treaty of Paris, 1763

This is an organized effort to refuse to buy certain products or services from a certain source.

• blockade

• boycott

• colony

• blockade

This act required colonists to house people in their homes

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Act

• Declaratory Act

• Quartering Act

This law stated that the colonists must pay a tax for all paper goods- angered colonists because of taxation without representation

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• French and Indian War

Who was the King of Britain at the time of the Revolutionary War?

• King George III

• King George I

• King Henry IV

• King Henry VIII

A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called

• Congress

• Sons of Liberty

• Parliament

• Loyalists