Causes of the American Revolution

After the French & Indian War, why did England start to tax the colonies more?

• Just because it was more powerful

• To pay off the debt for the cost of defending the colonies

• It was part of the Mercantilism unfair trade

What is the name of the line that prevented colonists from settling on lands west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Mason Dixon Line

• Proclamation Line of 1763

• Finish Line of 1781

What is the name of the economic system that benefited the Mother Country by creating an unfair balance of trade?

• Traiangular Trade

• Mercantilism

• Slave Trade

Who benefited from Mercantilism

• Mexico

• 13 Colonies

• England/ Mother Country

Why were tax laws like the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townsend Act passed by Parliament?

• To help the colonists make a better life for themselves

• To ensure that their self-government worked

• To recover the cost of defending the colonies

What were some examples of taxation without representation?

• Stamp Act, Townshend Act, Sugar Act

• Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Quartering Act

• Stamp Act, Tea Act, Quartering Act

Colonists were used to having this type of government that was influenced by the Mayflower compact and Fundamental Orders Of Connecticut?

• Communism

• Self-Government

• Monarchy

This was a common complaint among the colonist.

• Persecution

• Proclamation line of 1763

• No taxation without representation

How did the colonists respond to unfair taxation?

• Boycott

• Persescute

• Petition

Who was the first colonists to be killed during the Boston Massacre?

• Sam Adams

• Crispus Attucks

• Paul Revere