Do-Now--Causes of the American Revolution

What was the main economic impact of the French and Indian War for the British?

• The French and the British became allies.

• England lost all of its land in North America.

• Britain owed a significant debt.

• England now controlled all land east of the Mississippi River.

What Treaty ended the French and Indian War?

• Treaty of British

• Treaty of French and Indian War

• Treaty of Native Americans

• Treaty of Paris

What did the Proclamation of 1763 say?

• France owned the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Natives owned the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Colonists could move west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains

Which of the following required taxes on every piece of printed paper?

• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Declaratory Act
• Proclamation Line

Which of the following placed taxes on glass, paints, paper, oil, tea, and more?

• Declaratory Act
• French and Indian war
• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act

There were many reasons why the American Revolution took place between Britain and the colonies. Some of the colonists were unhappy with "no taxation without representation". What does that mean?

• The colonists should not be taxed unless they were represented in Parliament. 
• The colonists should not be taxed because they could not vote for the King.
• The colonists should not be taxed unless the taxes were used in the colonies. 
• The colonists should not be taxed because no one should be taxed. 

During the years before the American Revolution, some colonists formed a group that wanted independence. This group was called the 

• Grange.
• Sons of Liberty.
• Green Mountain Boys.
• Regulators.

Why are the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights important documents to the colonists?

• They guaranteed their rights to representation and trial by jury.

• The power of the House of Burgesses was created within these documents.

• It guaranteed that the British soldiers would be tried in civilian courts.

• The idea of Salutary Neglect was created in the traditions of these documents.

Under mercantilism, the thirteen American colonies were expected to provide Great Britain with

• finished American-manufactured goods

• raw materials and markets for British products

• officials to represent colonial interests in Parliament

• laborers to work in British factories

In its economic relationship with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed principles of mercantilism by

• outlawing the African slave trade

• encouraging the development of manufacturing in the colonies

• limiting the colonies' trade with other nations

• establishing laws against business monopolies