Causes of the Revolution

What is mercantilism?

• the Stamp Act
• when the Mother Country (England) benefits off its colonies
• Policies that kept the colonists from housing British soldiers
• Merry's policies against British soldiers

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

The Sugar Act, Stamp Act and Quartering Act led to the start of the Revolutionary War because colonists...

• restricted trade with the native Americans. 
• believed their rights were being violated. 
• disliked King George's wig. 

____________ wrote the Declaration of Independence. 

• George Washington
• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine

Colonists disliked the Proclamation of 1763 because...

• it kept them from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. 
• it allowed them to settle West of the Appalachian mountains.

What was the first example of taxation without representation in the colonies?

• intolerable acts
• boston tea party
• stamp act
• sugar act

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

Who did the 2nd Continental Congress appoint as Commander of the Continental Army?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Paine
• George Washington

What is a grievance in the Declaration of Independence?

• complaints against King George III
• complaints against the colonists