American Revolution Era: Causes of the American Revolution

The Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Common Sense by Thomas Paine, and the First Continental Congress were all during what time period?

• Westward Expansion

• Civil War

• Exploration

• American Revolution

What was mercantilism?

• Economic policy where colonies could trade with every country

• Economic policy where colonies could only trade with the mother country

• Economic policy that colonies could trade with each other

Conflict between the British/Colonists against the French/Native Americans. Resulted in the British being in debt and passing various acts on the Colonies.

• French & Indian War

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• American Revolution

When was the French and Indian War?

• Before Parliament passed Acts on the Colonies

• After 1763

• Before European Exploration

• After the Revolutionary Era

The French and Indian War was between?

• France vs.Native Americans & the Colonies

• France vs.Spain

• England vs.American Colonies

• France and Native Americans vs. England and the Colonies

What are some effects of the French and Indian War? Choose two.

• Britain was in debt

• Britain lost the War.

• British Parliament imposed taxes on the 13 colonies

• France wins the war and takes 75% of land in North America

The economic policies, acts, and taxes passed after the French and Indian War led to the start of the

• French and Indian War

• American Revolution

• Civil War

• Great Awakening

The Proclamation line was meant to prevent conflict between Colonists and Native Americans. What else did it do?

• Colonists could only move west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Colonists could only move west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Colonists could not move west of the Rocky Mountains

• Colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains

What was the law that said the American colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains due to conflict with the Native Americans?

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Act

• Townshend Act

• Proclamation of 1763

British colonists disliked the Proclamation Line because they

• Had to share the fur trade with France

• Hated that they could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Could not freely trade with other countries

• Thought it would increase attacks from Native Americans