Causes of the American Revolution - MCES

Who was the British King who upset the colonists with the Stamp Act?

• Samuel Adams

• King George lll

• Paul Revere

• King Henry

Who made the laws for the British people?

• Congress

• Senate

• Colonists

• British Parliament

After the Boston Tea Party, the British parliament enforced strict laws on the colonists called the

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

Who won the French and Indian War?

• British

• Colonists

• French

• Indians

Which act required colonists to house and feed soldiers?

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

• Proclamation of 1763

The colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor to oppose which British taxes?

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

What was a tax put on the American colonies by the British in 1765 where they had to pay a tax on all sorts of printed materials such as newspapers, magazines and legal documents?

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Act

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

What was the law called that kept colonists from moving onto the land that was won during the French and Indian War?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Quartering Act

• Intolerable Act

• Stamp Act

What was a tax placed on the American colonies by the government in Great Britain that regulated the cost of many foreign goods, including sugar and molasses?

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

• Quartering Act

American colonists protested that they should not be taxed unless there was someone to represent their community while making the taxation laws. What was this called?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Intolerable Acts

• No Taxation Without Representation

• Quartering Act