Causes of the American Revolution

Why did Great Britain pass the Proclamation of 1763?

• To help the French

• Because they favored the Native Americans

• The King made Parliament pass the law

• They couldn't afford to protect the colonists from Native American attacks

What event does this drawing show?

• Tarring and feathering
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre
• American Revolution

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.

What was the main reason that the colonists were protesting?

• They didn`t like the type of tea that was shipped to them
• They wanted the ships to leave
• They thought the tea was priced too high
• They felt they were being taxed unfairly without being represented in the government

A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called

• Congress
• Sons of Liberty
• Parliament
• Loyalists

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

What was the name of the group that met to discuss what the colonists should do about unfair laws like the Intolerable Acts?

• The First Continental Congress

• The House of Burgesses

• The Sons of Liberty

• The Boston Tea Party

How did the colonists resist British laws an taxes?

• Boycotts

• Protests

• Tarring and feathering tax collectors

• All of the above

What was mercantilism?

• Economic policy that colonies could trade with every country

• Economic policy that colonies could only trade with the mother country

• Economic policy that colonies could trade with each other

• Economic policy that colonies could not trade with every country

The tax on all items in the colonies made of paper was called the

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Act
• Boston tea Party