Causes of the American Revolution Part 1

What caused the French and Indian War?

• The Indians wanted the French to leave Louisiana.
• The French and Indians wanted to move into the thirteen colonies.
• The French and British settlers both wanted to claim the Ohio River Valley.

What were the effects of Britain helpig the colonists during the war?

• They won the war against France, but also took on a large amount of debt.
• Britain ran out of food, so everyone had to move to the colonies.
• The French became allies with Britain.

What was the Proclamation of 1763?

• It was a rule stating that all Puritans had to move to Maine.
• It was King George's rule that all colonists had to pay taxes on imported sugar.
• It was a rule by King George stating that colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains.

What was the main reason Britain began taxing the colonists?

• to pay for the debt from the French and Indian War
• to build new roads through the Ohio River Valley
• to support the development of new towns in Vermont

What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean?

• that colonists could not tax the British because Parliament was in England
• that Britain should not be able to tax the colonists since the colonists did not have a voice in British Parliament
• that coloists needed to receive a bill before they would pay their taxes

How did the colonists avoid paying taxes on items such as sugar?

• They stole sugar from British soldiers.

• Smuggling

• They paid with fake money.

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• a traveling group of men who brought the Statue of Liberty over from France
• a group of men who protested the taxes set by the British Parliament
• the sons of George Washington and Samuel Adams

What was the Boston Massacre?

• when the Sons of Liberty threw tea into the water
• when the colonists taunted the British soldiers and the soldiers fired into the crowd killing several people
• when the colonists got taken back to Britain for smuggling in goods they didn't want to be taxed on

Who were the two Nations that fought in the French and Indian War?

• Indians and French
• Colonists and Britain
• Britain and Spain
• Britain and France

What was this poster's meaning?

• The Colonies needed to be united and all join the war
• Even if a snake loses its one part of its body, the other parts can be deadly
• Colonies need to be independent from Great Britain
• The colonies should divide and conquer to win