Causes of the American Revolution Review

Britain had supplied the colonists with supplies and troops during the French and Indian War. Immediately after the war Britain-- (8.4A)

• passed a series of laws designed to restrict colonial trade and disrupt colonial government

• closed Boston Harbor and passed laws forcing colonists to house British troops

• wanted to ask France to sell their territory west of the Mississippi river

• began enacting economic policies on the colonies to help pay for the war

Which of the following best explains the reasoning of the King for passing the Intolerable Acts? (8.4A)

• "Those colonists want war...Then they will have it."

• "Those colonists are not going to be allowed to move past the mountains...I will not pay to protect them from the Native Americans."

• "They will pay for dumping my tea overboard...make them submit to my authority."

• "They are committing treason by signing that document."

According to the graphic below the colonies were upset by the British-- (8.4A)

• practice of mercantilism that used the raw materials in the colonies and kept them dependent on finished products from Britain

• use of the free enterprise system which prevented the colonies from smuggling imports and exports

• limiting the westward expansion of the colonies by giving weapons to the Native Americans to use against the colonists

• requiring the colonists to give housing and supplies to all the British troops that were stationed in the colonies

Which quote best explains the colonists' frustration with the theory of mercantilism? (8.4A)

• "We are tired of not having a voice in the representative houses of Parliament that make laws we must abide by."

• "Britain gets rich from making us buy the manufactured goods that they make with our raw materials."

• "Britain is taxing all the goods that we import from them, even such necessities of paper and tea."

• "The King has placed limits on our expansion, even though we fought and died to gain the territory past the Appalachian Mountains."

The cartoon below reflects the colonists' frustration with-- (8.4A)

• having to pay to house British soldiers

• being forced to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains

• being taxed without any voice in government

• not being protected from the Native Americans

The engraving best explains the colonial viewpoint of the Boston Massacre that the-- (8.4A)

• shots at Lexington were the opening shots of the revolution

• closing of the Boston Harbor harmed the colonial economy

• British soldiers fired on an unarmed group of colonists

• colonists were throwing stones and sticks at the soldiers

Which statement correctly contrasts the British view and the colonial view of the Proclamation Line established in 1763? (8.4A)

• The British viewed the line as a way to provide land for new settlers, but colonists believed they already owned the land west of the line.

• The British viewed the line as a way to prevent the French from entering the colonies, but colonists believed the line did not provide enough protection from the French and Native Americans.

• The British viewed the line as a way to offer safe territories for Native Americans, but colonists believed they should share all the land with the different tribes.

• The British viewed the line as a way to avoid hostilities between Native Americans and colonists, but colonists believed the line limited their freedom and challenged land claims already in place.

The British Parliament enacted the Intolerable Acts in direct response to the-- (8.4A)

• formation of the First Continental Congress in the colonies

• refusal of the colonists to support the French and Indian War

• Virginia Resolves that denied Parliament's right to tax the colonies

• Boston Tea Party and other colonial protests of the Tea Act of 1773

How did the British policy of mercantilism limit the freedom of those living in the American colonies? (8.4A)

• By forcing colonists to give up all attempts at self-government

• By requiring the colonies to sell certain goods only to England

• By imprisoning colonists who protested the British government

• By limiting all colonial settlements to land east of the Appalachian Mountains

Which statement best explains the British government's reason for imposing new taxes on the American colonies after the French and Indian War? (8.4A)

• Britain was in massive debt following the war.

• Britain was providing increasing help to the colonies.

• The colonies had not helped the British army defeat the French.

• The colonies were accustomed to paying taxes to the British government.