Causes of the American Revolution

Why were the colonists OUTRAGED about the Proclamation of 1763?

• It made them move west
• It created a religious divide in the colonies
• It stopped them from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
• It did not allow them to move east of the Atlantic Ocean

Who were the two Nations that fought in the French and Indian War?

• Indians and French
• Colonists and Britain
• Britain and Spain
• Britain and France

Which tax was the beginning of the slogan "No taxation without representation"?

• Sugar Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Tea Act
• Boston Tea Party

Which statement below is NOT a condition of the Intolerable Acts

• Closed the Boston Ports
• All of the participants of the Boston Tea Party were jailed
• Quartering of soldiers increased
• Towns meetings limited to once a year

Why did British economic policy change towards the colonies?

• Britain was in debt due to its war with Spain
• Britain needed extra money to pay off mercenaries 
• Cash crops were needed in the colonies
• War debt due to the French and Indian War

 The stamp act was imposed on paper goods such as newspapers and playing cards.

• TRUE
• FALSE

What law that forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act
• Navigation Act

After the Boston Tea Party...

• England did not tax the colonists
• King George surrendered
• King George closed Boston Harbor and created the Intolerable Acts

Thousands of people died during the Boston Massacre.

• True
• False

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is