Causes of the Revolution

The French and Indian War was fought between which two countries?

• France and American Indians
• Britain and France
• France and French Indians
• Britain and French Indians

Why did the French and Indian War lead to the American Revolution?

• Angered the colonists because they couldn't move West of the Appalachian  Mountains
• Angered the colonists because they didn't want to pay a tax on stamps
• Left France in a war debt that caused them to tax the colonists
• Left Britain in a war debt that caused them to tax the colonists

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp and Sugar Acts?

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

After the Boston Tea Party...

• England did not tax the colonists
• King George surrendered
• King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts

Colonists protested against many of the new taxes imposed on them buying refusing to buy British goods. This is called a ...

• Protest
• Sit In
• Shop Stop
• Boycott

To protest the Tea Act the Sons of Liberty organized the ...

• Boston Massacre
• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Boston Tea Party

A patriot was a colonist who:

• was loyal to England
• was loyal to France
• wanted independence from England
• wanted independence from France

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

• Declaration of Independence
• Proclamation of 1763
• Charter of 1732

This act put a tax on paper goods, such as newspapers, wills, and playing cards.

• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Intolerable Acts
• boycott