Causes of the American Revolution

How did the French and Indian War contribute to the events leading up to the American Revolution?

• It made Britain more powerful.

• Colonists wanted to belong to the French.

• It caused Britain to have a lot of debt to pay.

What is a tax?

• Money charged by the government.

• Money paid to citizens.

• A meeting about how to use money.

What is an example of a boycott?

• Colonists described the Boston Massacre as an attack on colonists.

• Colonists refused to buy tea.

• Colonists dumped tea in the harbor.

• Colonists refused to let soldiers live in their houses.

Why did the Sons of Liberty organize the Boston Tea Party?

• They were angry after the Boston Massacre.

• A law was passed that colonists could only buy British tea.

• They were mad that the ships were in the Boston Harbor.

What does "no taxation without representation" mean?

• Colonists wanted independence.

• Colonists were happy about the taxes they were paying.

• Colonists refused to pay taxes without being represented by Parliament.

Great Britain was considered the ___________________ to the American Colonists?

• The father country

• The mother country

• The children

to cancel, abolish, revoke

• put into effect

• continue

• repeal

• keep

What group was put into effect to protest British Tax policies?

• The Sons and Daughters of Liberty

• Parliament

• Native Americans

Due to debt from The French and Indian War, England...

• took money from France

• borrowed money from the colonies

• raised taxes in the colonies

• raised taxes in France

Due to not being represented in Parliament where tax laws were made, the colonists did not like...

• the Pride Act

• the Stamp Act

• the Proclamation of 1763

• the Boston Tea Party