Causes of the American Revolution

Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?

• Live free or die
• All men are created equal
• Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
• No taxation with representation

Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to repeal the Stamp Act by doing what?

• Taking military action against the British
• Forming alliances with the enemies of Britain
• Meeting with Parliament in England 
• Publicly protesting and organizing boycotts

In response to the Tea Act, the colonists threw tea from the British ships into the Boston Harbor.  This event is known as:

• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Riots
• Boston Massacre
• Boston Market

Why did the king begin to tax the colonists?

• He wanted more money to make England look better
• He needed money to pay off war debts from the French and Indian War
• He needed money to pay for Boston soldiers
• He hated the colonists' guts

An angry crowd of workers surrounded a small group of British soldiers and were fired upon

• Boston Massacre
• Boston Rebellion
• Boston Treaty 
• Boston Tea Party

What was the name of the meeting of colonial leaders where all the colonies agreed to boycott British goods and wrote a letter to the King voicing their complaints?

• Committees of Correspondence
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Revolutionary War
• First Continental Congress

Why could the colonists not move West of the Appalachian mountains after the French and Indian war?

• To avoid conflicts with the French 
• To avoid conflicts with the British
• To avoid conflicts with the Natives
• To avoid conflicts with the British

Who wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense, arguing that the time had come for American independence? 

• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Paine
• John Locke

What did the Townshend Acts bring about? 

• direct taxes on legal documents
• indirect taxes on imported goods such as lead, paint, and glass, etc.
• relief from taxes on tea
• the closing of Boston Harbor

The purpose of the Committees of Correspondence was to_________. 

• keep the different colonies in communication with each other prior to the Revolution
• organize the Boston Tea Party
• negotiate the Treaty of Paris 1763
• to oppose the activities of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty