Causes of the American Revolution

Causes of the American Revolution

5th - 12th Grade

25 Qs

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Causes of the American Revolution

Causes of the American Revolution

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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

1 min • 1 pt

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The picture above was published in an American newspaper shortly after the Stamp Act was passed in Britain.  How does this help explain colonial response to the Stamp Act? 

The use of the skull and crossbones indicates that Americans were opposed to the Stamp Act.
It was obviously welcomed since American newspapers were reporting about it.
The colonies were using the skull and crossbones as their primary symbol and they welcomed it.
The Stamp Act was barely even noticed and this picture indicates the Act was dying.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 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.

6.

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

As a result of the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament passed a series of laws designed to punish Boston and Massachusetts known as___

the Navigation Acts
 the Quartering Act
the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
the Stamp Act

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