Causes of the American Revolution Review

In this excerpt, Samuel Adams was most likely protesting against the—

• Proclamation of 1763

• Townshend Acts

• Quartering Act

• Quebec Act

1: Colonists paid duties on sugar and molasses.

2: Colonists paid a duty on all legal documents and newspapers.

3: Colonists paid taxes on paper, lead, glass, and other goods.

4: Colonists paid a tax on tea from the East India Company.

Which law represents the Stamp Act?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

The Proclamation Line of 1763 led to disagreement between the colonists and the British government because it—

• Prohibited the colonists form settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Offered all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to British nobles.

• Banned colonial trading with the American Indians.

• Surrendered control of the Great Lakes region to Canada

How did Britain’s relationship with the colonies change after the French and Indian War?

• The colonists got more of a voice in Parliament, especially on foreign policy.

• Britain traded its colonies to France after they lost the war.

• Britain became more controlling of the colonists and made them pay more taxes.

• Britain sent more colonists to increase the population density of their colonies.

A famous slogan, popular during the American Revolution, was: “No taxation without representation.” This slogan referred to taxes created by—

• New England town meetings

• Colonial assemblies of the thirteen colonies

• The Parliament of Great Britain

• The First Continental Congress

In Common Sense, Thomas Paine tried to influence the colonists to —

• Remain loyal to King George

• Declare their independence from Britain

• Oppose the French colonization of North America

• End protests against British policies and taxes in the colonies

How did the British government react to growing protests against their policies by American colonists?

• It offered to grant independence to the American colonists.

• It sent additional British soldiers and continued to tax colonists

• It arranged to grant American colonists a voice in the British Parliament.

• It removed all British soldiers stationed in the colonies.

What was the reason for the activity shown in this illustration?

• Colonists were protesting against the Stamp Act.

• American Indians were attacking the port of Boston

• Colonists objected (were against) to British taxes on tea.

• American Indians were often hired to stow cargo on ships.

What was the impact of the actions depicted in this illustration?

• The British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts, leading to the American Revolution.

• The British government lifted the duties on tea and submitted to all colonial demands

• Americans began buying their tea and coffee from French merchants.

• British merchants boycotted all purchases of American-made goods.

This engraving by Paul Revere shows the “Boston Massacre,” which took place on March 5, 1770. Five colonists were killed and six others were wounded. Which detail does Revere show that reveals his point of view of this event?

• The church in the background shows that the event occurred in Boston.

• The picture depicts the excellent training of British soldiers in the use of firearms.

• British soldiers are shown firing directly on passive (nonviolent) and unarmed colonists.

• The number of colonists far outnumbered the number of British soldiers.