Causes of the American Revolution

Causes of the American Revolution

8th Grade

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Causes of the American Revolution

Causes of the American Revolution

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How did the 1763 Treaty of Paris - which ended the French and Indian (Seven Year’s) War – help start the American Revolution? 

Since the treaty reduced the French threat, the British wanted to reduce their military presence, but still get the colonies to pay for the war.
The treaty led to an increase in British military presence in the colonies, including having colonists quarter soldiers in peace time.
Once the treaty was signed, the colonies had more in common with France than with Great Britain.
The treaty gave Great Britain access to more land and they began to completely ignore the original colonies.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What did the Townshend Acts bring about? 

direct taxes on legal documents
indirect taxes on imported goods such as lead, paint, and glass, etc.
relief from taxes on tea
the closing of Boston Harbor

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

How did colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763? 

They resisted the British regulation of colonial agriculture.
They supported the right to manufacture goods within the colonies.
They opposed the ban on colonial expansion into western lands.
They accepted the presence of more British troops to protect the colonies.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

“The only representatives of the people of these colonies are persons chosen therein by themselves; and that no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them but by their respective legislatures.”  
-Statement by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765  
Identify the main idea of the quotation above: 

The colonial legislatures should be appointed by the English King with the consent of Parliament.
Only the colonists’ elected representatives should have the power to levy taxes.
The English King should have the right to tax the colonies.
The colonists should oppose all taxation.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

All of the following were purposes of the Sons of Liberty EXCEPT 

to organize colonial resistance
to show growing dislike of British rule
to protest the Stamp Act
to support the efforts of Loyalists to maintain British control over the colonies

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The purpose of the Committees of Correspondence was to_________.

keep the different colonies in communication with each other prior to the Revolution

organize the Boston Tea Party

negotiate the Treaty of Paris 1763

to oppose the activities of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonial settlement west of a border that ran roughly along the 

Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
St. Lawrence River
Appalachian Mountains

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