2019 Causes of the Am. Revolution

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“

What law that forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act
• Navigation Act

What law made it very expensive for colonists to import and export molasses?

• Townshend Acts

• Quartering Acts

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

After the Boston Tea Party...

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

True or False
The Townshend Acts placed a tax on glass, lead, paper, paint and tea.

• True
• False

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

This act allowed the British East India Co. to sell tea directly to the colonist, cutting out the American merchants. American merchants could have been wiped out.

• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Tea Act
• Sugar Act

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

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

There were many reasons why the American Revolution took place between Britain and the colonies. Some of the colonists were unhappy with "no taxation without representation". What does that mean?

• The colonists should not be taxed unless they were represented in Parliament. 
• The colonists should not be taxed because they could not vote for the King.
• The colonists should not be taxed unless the taxes were used in the colonies. 
• The colonists should not be taxed because no one should be taxed.