Causes of the American Revolution Quiz

Salutary neglect is...

• a period of time where England ignored the colonies as long as they were making a profit.

• a period of time where England taxed the colonies in order to pay the debt from the French and Indian War.

• a period of time when England was colonizing America.

• is a period of time where England had exclusive control of colonial trade.

In 1753-1764, the _____________________ was fought between England and the French and it cost England a lot of money. 

• American Revolution 
• Battle of Trenton 
• French & Indian War
• Boston Tea Party

Which concern of the colonists led to the American Revolution?

• opposition to British tax policies
• Desire for greater religious freedom
• Fear of attacks by American Indians
• Increasing immigration from countries other than Britain

Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?

• Live free or die
• All men are created equal
• Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
• No taxation with representation

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

First person killed in the Boston Massacre.

• Samuel Adams
• Crispus Attucks
• Benjamin Franklin
• General Wolfe

What law made it illegal for the colonists to live west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Proclamation of 1963
• Proclamation of 1973
• Proclamation of 1763
• Proclamation of 1873

This act taxed all legal document such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, newspapers and playing cards?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townsend Acts

• Coercive Acts

The Sugar Act was a tax on

• Sugar and Molasses

• Tea and Sugar

• Lead and Glass

• Coffee and Molasses

What were the Writs of Assistance?

• Search warrants that allowed British customs officials to search the colonial ships and homes

• An act that forced colonists to ship goods on British ships.

• Papers that they passed out

• Big ships that carried messages