Causes of the Revolution

Colonists were dissatisfied with Great Britain because

• of the ecomomic policies imposed on the colonies following the French & Indian War. 
• of Ben Franklin's Join or Die cartoon.
• of the interference in the slave trade.
• of consequences of the Great Awakening. 

What was the immediate effect of Parliament passing the Stamp Act of 1765?

• Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence. 
• Colonists loved the stamp act and purchased lots of newspapers. 
• colonists started organizing militias.
• Colonists starting boycotting British goods

Parliament passed the Tea Act so Colonists dumped Tea into Boston Harbor. Because of the Boston Tea Party, Parliament punished the colonists by...

• appointing colonial representatives to Parliament
• passing the Intolerable Acts
• getting rid of all taxes
• declaring Independence from the colonies

What is a grievance in the Declaration of Independence?

• complaints against King George III
• complaints against the colonists

Thomas Paine wrote

• the Bible
• The Declaration of Independence
• Common Sense
• the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

The Declaration of Independence refers to the rights each human is born with that should not be taken away. What are these rights called?

• Human Rights
• Unalienable Rights
• Civil Rights
• Bill of Rights

What was the main reason colonists were unhappy with British government?

• for imposing taxes on them without their consent
• for refusing to let colonists fight with the British during the French & Indian war

Life, Liberty & the pursuit of happiness are...

• Rights of the People
• Human Rights
• Civil Rights
• Unalienable Rights

Who is Crispus Attucks?

• The lawyer of the soldiers in the Boston Massacre
• the first person killed in the Boston Massacre
• The colonists who died at Lexington
• The commander of the British army

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