Causes of the American Revolution

___ and ___ fought against each other in the French and Indian War.

• French and Indians

• Britain and France

• Britain and Indians

• France and Belgium

Why did the French want control over the Ohio River Valley?

• for agriculture (growing crops)

• for fur trade

• the land was better for building houses

• to prove they were more powerful than the British

Why did the British want control over the Ohio River Valley?

• for fur trade

• to prove to the French that the British were more powerful

• to aggravate the French

• for farming and waterways

What was another name for the French and Indian War?

• The Seven Years War

• The war that would never end

• The Deadliest War

• The French and British War

What officially ended the French and Indian War?

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

After the war, the ___ didn't allow the British to settle beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of Paris

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

The king required the colonists to pay ____ in order to help pay for the French and Indian War.

• with tea

• with a credit card

• taxes

__ required colonists to pay a tax on paper goods such as newspapers and playing cards.

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

The ___ required colonists to pay taxes on goods such as sugar and molasses.

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

To speak out against taxes, ___ started the slogan, "No taxation without representation."

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Otis