Causes of the American Revolution

This action proposed a tax on glass, lead and tea on the colonists.

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Navigation Acts

What was the Bostonian response to the Sugar and Stamp Acts?

• Violent Protests

• Vicious assaults on the Redcoats

• Boycott of British goods

• Peace Marches

What was the name of the Treaty that ended the French and Indian War?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Madrid

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of New York

Which group was active towards protesting British actions and known for tarring and feathering British tax collectors?

• Sons of Liberty

• Partners in Crime

• Founding Fathers

• Daughters of Anarchy

What was the purpose for the Proclamation of 1763?

• British control of the colonies

• To allow the colonists to move westward

• To cause bad relations between the colonists and Native Americans

• To allow the French control of the fur trade

Why did the Boston Tea Party take place?

• Plymouth did not like the Puritans

• The Coersive Acts were repealed

• The Tea Act allowed colonists to buy tea from the East India Company only

• Britain taxed the colonist on Tea and the colonists became outraged

For what reasons did the colonists fight the French and Indian war?

• Claim the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• Gain land for farming to grow cotton

• Expand Westward and trade for fur

• Have a monopoly on the fish trade

This British act did not allow the colonists to resist a British Troop from coming into their home.

• The Tea Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Townshend Acts

This act was repealed in 1766 because the tax on paper goods resulted in boycotts, which would not allow legal documents and contracts to be signed.

• The Stamp Act

• The Sugar Act

• The Administration of Justice

• The Intolerable Acts

Which country's territory expanded from the Mississippi River to the West coast of North America after the Treaty of Paris was signed?

• France

• Britain

• Spain

• The Colonies