Causes of the American Revolution

Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?

• Live free or die
• All men are created equal
• Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
• No taxation with representation

Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to repeal the Stamp Act by doing what?

• Taking military action against the British
• Forming alliances with the enemies of Britain
• Meeting with Parliament in England 
• Publicly protesting and organizing boycotts

Who was the King of Britain at the time of the Revolutionary War?

• King George III
• King George I
• King Henry IV
• King Henry VIII

Why did the king begin to tax the colonists?

• He wanted more money to make England look better
• He needed money to pay off war debts from the French and Indian War
• He needed money to pay for Boston soldiers
• He hated the colonists' guts

What was the name of the meeting of colonial leaders where all the colonies agreed to boycott British goods and wrote a letter to the King voicing their complaints?

• Committees of Correspondence
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Revolutionary War
• First Continental Congress

Why could the colonists not move West of the Appalachian mountains after the French and Indian war?

• To avoid conflicts with the French 
• To avoid conflicts with the British
• To avoid conflicts with the Natives
• To avoid conflicts with the British

First person killed in the Boston Massacre.

• Samuel Adams
• Crispus Attucks
• Benjamin Franklin
• General Wolfe

His engraving of the Boston Massacre is a great example of propaganda.

• Samuel Adams
• Paul Revere
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington

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

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.