Causes of the American Revolution

Why was the war named the “French and Indian War”?

• England fought against France and its Indian allies.
• France fought against the Indians.
• England and France fought against the Indians.
• France fought against England and its Indian allies.

In response to the incident, Parliament passed four laws.  These laws were so harsh that colonists called them the Intolerable Acts.  The first act closed the port of Boston.  Two others increased the powers of the royal governor, abolished the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature, and cut the powers of town meetings.  Now, anyone accused of murdering a British colonial official could be tried in Britain, rather than in the colonies.  Finally, a fourth law strengthened the 1765 Quartering Act. What is the definition of intolerable?

• Capable of being endured
• Unendurable; Insufferable
• agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent
• stringent or exacting in or in enforcing rules,requirements, obligations, etc.

What was the purpose of the event represented on the map by the heavy black line?

• to increase British power in the colonies
• to please French fur traders
• to help the Native Americans keep their land
• to stop Native American and colonists from fighting over land

After the Treaty of Paris, which European countries controlled most of the land in North America?

• Spain and France
• Russia and Spain
• Britain and Spain
• Russia and France

Which cause of the Revolutionary War is represented above?

• The Quartering Act
• Townshend Acts
• Proclamation of 1763
• Declaratory Acts

Which cause of the Revolutionary War is represented above?

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Acts
• Intolerable Acts

Which cause of the Revolutionary War is represented above?

• Sugar Act
• The Boston Massacre
• Boston Tea Party
• Proclamation of 1763

An organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products:

• boycott
• petition
• minutemen
• mercenary

What economic policies following the French and Indian War caused the American Revolution?

• Mercantalism

• Taxes to pay off the war debt

• Capitalism

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• King George III made the Appalachian Mountains the western boundary of the colonist

• The Proclamation was a series of taxes

• The Proclamation gave the colonies their independence